Film

The Prisoner of Zenda

1937 · 1h 41m · Romance · Adventure · Drama

The most thrilling swordfight ever filmed...

IMDb

7.6

Rotten Tomatoes

91%

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.

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

Torben Meyer

Max the Butler

Wilhelm von Brincken

Krafstein (uncredited)

Ben Webster

Lord Topham (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Johann (uncredited)

Charles K. French

Bishop (uncredited)

• John CromwellDirector
• John L. BalderstonScreenplay
• Edward E. RoseWriter
• Sidney HowardWriter
• Ben HechtWriter
• Anthony HopeNovel
• David O. SelznickProducer
• James Wong HoweDirector of Photography
• Bert GlennonDirector of Photography
• Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer

Prisoner of Zenda (1937) Original trailer starring Ronald Coleman

Release date

September 3, 1937

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

NR

Budget

$1,250,000

Revenue

$5,000,000

Genres

Romance, Adventure, Drama

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