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The Prisoner of Zenda is an 1894 adventure novel by Anthony Hope, in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in order for the king to retain the crown, his coronation must proceed.
The Prisoner of Zenda: Directed by John Cromwell, W.S. Van Dyke. With Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey. An Englishman on a Ruritarian holiday must impersonate the king when the rightful monarch, a distant cousin, is drugged and kidnapped.
The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1937 American black-and-white adventure film based on Anthony Hope's 1894 novel of the same name and the 1896 play. A lookalike has to step in when his royal distant relative is kidnapped to prevent his coronation.
The Prisoner of Zenda: Directed by Richard Thorpe. With Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, James Mason, Louis Calhern. An Englishman vacationing in a Ruritarian kingdom is recruited to impersonate his cousin, the soon-to-be-crowned king, after the monarch is drugged and kidnapped.
The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1952 American Technicolor adventure film version of the 1894 novel of the same name by Anthony Hope and a remake of the 1937 sound version and the 1922 silent. This first color version, made by Loew's and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, was directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman.
Aug 17, 1979 · The Prisoner of Zenda: Directed by Richard Quine. With Peter Sellers, Lynne Frederick, Lionel Jeffries, Elke Sommer. In order to save King Rudolph of Ruritania from assassins and murderous usurpers, the kingdom hires a look-a-like London cabby to impersonate the Monarch.
The Prisoner of Zenda, novel by Anthony Hope, published in 1894. This popular late-Victorian romance relates the adventures of Rudolf Rassendyll, an English gentleman living in Ruritania who impersonates the king in order to save him from a treasonous plot.
When the rival to the throne, Black Michael of Strelsau, attempts to seize power by imprisoning Elphberg in the Castle of Zenda, Rassendyll is obliged to impersonate the King to uphold the rightful sovereignty and ensure political stability.
With the help of loyal friends, Rudolf Rassendyll must impersonate the prince and navigate the treacherous world of Ruritanian politics. As Rudolf Rassendyll assumes the role of the prince, he finds himself embroiled in a romantic entanglement with Princess Flavia, Prince Rudolf's betrothed.
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