Overview
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.
DirectorJohn Cromwell
ProducersDavid O. Selznick
WritersEdward E. Rose, Sidney Howard, Ben Hecht
ScreenplayJohn L. Balderston
Top Casts
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
Eleanor Wesselhoeft
Frau Holf the Cook
Details
LanguageEnglish, French
Production companiesSelznick International Pictures
Budget1250000
TaglineThe most thrilling swordfight ever filmed...
