The Prisoner of Zenda

“A Swashbuckling Adventure In The Grand Style!”

6.9(57)19521h 40m

Adventure

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.

Director

Richard Thorpe

Budget

$1.7M

Revenue

$5.6M

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Cast

Stewart Granger

Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf V

Deborah Kerr

Princess Flavia

James Mason

Rupert of Hentzau

Louis Calhern

Col. Zapt

Jane Greer

Antoinette de Mauban

Lewis Stone

The Cardinal

Robert Douglas

Michael, Duke of Strelsau

Robert Coote

Fritz von Tarlenheim

Peter Brocco

Johann

Francis Pierlot

Josef

Jay Adler

Kathleen Freeman

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

3y ago

7.0

From Alfred Newman's opening music through the first ten minutes of this, it's pretty much a carbon copy of the 1937 version of Sir Anthony Hope's story. The only difference is that it's Stewart Granger playing the dashing "Rassendyll" who arrives in the European kingdom of Ruritania just as it's king is to be crowned. He's puzzled by his welcome but a walk in the forest soon makes the reasons for...