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The Prisoner of Zenda 1937 Directed by John Cromwell , George Cukor , ...

The most thrilling swordfight ever filmed...

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Languages English , French
Gneres Adventure , Drama , Romance
Production Company Selznick International Pictures
Budget $1,250,000
Revenue $5,000,000
Release Date 3 September 1937
101 mins
Cast
Ronald Colman Major Rudolf Rassendyll / The Prisoner of Zenda
Madeleine Carroll Princess Flavia
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Rupert of Hentzau
Mary Astor Antoinette de Mauban
C. Aubrey Smith Colonel Zapt
David Niven Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
Raymond Massey Black Michael
Montagu Love Detchard
Philip Sleeman Albert von Lauengram
Eleanor Wesselhoeft Frau Holf the Cook
Torben Meyer Max the Butler
Wilhelm von Brincken Krafstein (uncredited)
Ben Webster Lord Topham (uncredited)
Byron Foulger Johann (uncredited)
Charles K. French Bishop (uncredited)