The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
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.
- Released
- 1937-09-03
- Genres
- Romance, Adventure
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- John Cromwell, John L. Balderston
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 from 62 votes
Cast
- Ronald Colman as Major Rudolf Rassendyll / The Prisoner of Zenda
- 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 Captain 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 the Butler
- Wilhelm von Brincken as Krafstein (uncredited)