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The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

1937 · romance · movie

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.

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cast

Ronald Colman

Ronald Colman

Major Rudolf Rassendyll / The Prisoner of Zenda

Madeleine Carroll

Madeleine Carroll

Princess Flavia

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Rupert of Hentzau

Mary Astor

Mary Astor

Antoinette de Mauban

C. Aubrey Smith

C. Aubrey Smith

Colonel Zapt

David Niven

David Niven

Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim

Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey

Black Michael

Montagu Love

Montagu Love

Detchard

Philip Sleeman

Philip Sleeman

Albert von Lauengram

Eleanor Wesselhoeft

Frau Holf the Cook

Torben Meyer

Torben Meyer

Max the Butler

Wilhelm von Brincken

Wilhelm von Brincken

Krafstein (uncredited)

director

John Cromwell

trailers

Prisoner of Zenda (1937) Original trailer starring Ronald Coleman

Prisoner of Zenda (1937) Original trailer starring Ronald Coleman

information

genres

romance, adventure, drama

budget

$1.3M

revenue

$5M