The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
The most thrilling swordfight ever filmed...
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Ronald Colman
as Major Rudolf Rassendyll / The Prisoner of Zenda
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Madeleine Carroll
as Princess Flavia
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
as Rupert of Hentzau
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Mary Astor
as Antoinette de Mauban
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C. Aubrey Smith
as Colonel Zapt
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David Niven
as Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
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Raymond Massey
as Black Michael
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Montagu Love
as Detchard
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Philip Sleeman
as Albert von Lauengram
- Eleanor Wesselhoeft as Frau Holf the Cook
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Torben Meyer
as Max the Butler
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Wilhelm von Brincken
as Krafstein (uncredited)
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Ben Webster
as Lord Topham (uncredited)
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Byron Foulger
as Johann (uncredited)
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Charles K. French
as Bishop (uncredited)
Crew
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John Cromwell
Director
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Bert Glennon
Director of Photography
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James Wong Howe
Director of Photography
- James E. Newcom Editor
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Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
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David O. Selznick
Producer
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John L. Balderston
Screenplay
- Edward E. Rose Writer
- Sidney Howard Writer
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Ben Hecht
Writer
