The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
The most thrilling swordfight ever filmed...
101 min
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.
- Release date
- September 3, 1937
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Alfred Newman
- Budget
- $1,250,000
- Box office
- $5,000,000
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Trailer
Cast
- Ronald Colman as Major Rudolf Rassendyll
- Madeleine Carroll as Princess Flavia
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. as Rupert of Hentzau
- Mary Astor as Antoinette de Mauban
- C. Aubrey Smith as Colonel Zapt
- David Niven as Fritz von Tarlenheim
- Raymond Massey as Black Michael
- Montagu Love as Detchard
- Philip Sleeman as Albert von Lauengram
- Eleanor Wesselhoeft as Frau Holf the Cook
- Torben Meyer as Max
- Wilhelm von Brincken as Krafstein (uncredited)
- Ben Webster as Lord Topham (uncredited)
- Byron Foulger as Johann (uncredited)
- Charles K. French as Bishop (uncredited)
- Ronald Colman as The Prisoner of Zenda
- Evelyn Beresford as Lady Topham
- Ricardo Lord Cezon as Little Boy
Crew
- John Cromwell · Director
- Anthony Hope · Writer
- John L. Balderston · Writer
- Edward Rose · Writer
- Wells Root · Writer
- David O. Selznick · Producer
- Alfred Newman · Composer
- James Wong Howe · Cinematographer
- Hal C. Kern · Editor
- James E. Newcom · Editor