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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.
- $1,250,000
- David O. Selznick
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.
- (4.9K)
- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- John Cromwell, W.S. Van Dyke
- 1937-09-03
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) is one of the most-filmed and most-referenced of all swashbuckling stories, with eight feature-film versions, two made-for-television adaptations and three TV series. This story of love and heroism has also been told on the stage and radio, and its plot has been spoofed countless times in film and TV comedies.
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Overview. An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue when his look-alike is kidnapped. John Cromwell. Director. Anthony Hope. Novel. John L. Balderston. Screenplay. Edward E. Rose. Writer. Sidney Howard. Writer. Ben Hecht. Writer. Reviews 1. Discussions 3. Written by CinemaSerf on June 20, 2022.
The Prisoner of Zenda, American adventure film, released in 1937, that was based on a stage adaptation of Anthony Hope’s 1894 novel of the same name. Rudolf Rassendyll (played by Ronald Colman) is an Englishman vacationing in an unnamed central European country, where he attracts stares from locals.
Synopsis. Having got off the train, Rudolf Rassendyll, a British subject, dressed up in the typical tweeds of an English sportsman, is going through passport check at a small principality somewhere in Europe. He is asked whether he is here for the coronation, he tells them he is on a fishing holiday. He notices that people keep staring at him.
