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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.
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.
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- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- John Cromwell, W.S. Van Dyke
- 1937-09-03
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ("Gunga Din") and Oscar-winner Ronald Colman ("A Tale of Two Cities") star in this swashbuckling adventure about an Englishman whose resemblance to the king of a small ...
Rupert of Hentzau, a courtier, is seemingly in league with Michael, but is really after the king's mistress, Lady Antoinette. As part of Michael's scheme to murder Rudolf and bury him as the king, Rupert blackmails Rudolf into meeting him alone, demanding ransom money for the king's return.
Sep 26, 2011 · 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.
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This adventure-filled drama finds Englishman Rudolf Rassendyll (Ronald Colman) on vacation in a small European country, where he discovers his resemblance to the...
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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. Sidney Howard. Writer. Ben Hecht. Writer. Edward E. Rose. Writer. Reviews 1. Discussions 3. Written by on June 20, 2022.
