The Prisoner of Zenda
1937/09/03 (US) | Romance, Adventure, Drama
The most thrilling swordfight ever filmed...
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.
John L. Balderston
Screenplay
John Cromwell
Director
Lead 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
Budget
$ 1,250,000
Revenue
$ 5,000,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- Selznick International Pictures
Crews
David O. Selznick
Producer
Wells Root
Adaptation
Donald Ogden Stewart
Additional Dialogue
Edward E. Rose
Writer
Anthony Hope
Novel
Bert Glennon
Director of Photography