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.
Directed by John Cromwell
based on novel or book
kingdom
kidnapping
coronation
castle
villain
orient express
heir to the throne
mistaken identity
treason
royalty
unrequited love
king
swashbuckler
sword duel
identity swap
power struggle
train travel
fictitious country
drawbridge
monarch
evil brother
planned coup
1890s
noble sacrifice
moat
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.7 / 5
Where to Watch
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
Torben Meyer
Max the Butler
Wilhelm von Brincken
Krafstein (uncredited)
Ben Webster
Lord Topham (uncredited)
Crew
John Cromwell
Director
George Cukor
Co-Director
W.S. Van Dyke
Co-Director
John L. Balderston
Screenplay
Ben Hecht
Writer
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Bert Glennon
Director of Photography
James Wong Howe
Director of Photography
David O. Selznick
Producer
Donald Ogden Stewart
Additional Dialogue
Anthony Hope
Novel
Donald Ogden Stewart
Dialogue
Popular Reviews
2 reviews
Joanna
i was having a hard time recognizing ronald colman for the first few minutes but i figured it’s because i’ve never seen him in color before. then i checked the cast under this film and deborah kerr is nowhere to be seen when she was clearly in the opening credits. 30 min into the film it’s impossible to spot ronald colman and that’s when i realized i was watching the prisoner of zenda (1952) 😭😭 guess i’ll have to see both now
i was having a hard time recognizing ronald colman for the first few minutes but i figured it’s because i’ve never seen him in color before. then i checked the cast under this film and deborah kerr is nowhere to be seen when she was clearly in the opening credits. 30 min into the film it’s impossible to spot ronald colman and that’s when i realized i was watching the prisoner of zenda (1952) 😭😭 guess i’ll have to see both now
