

The Prisoner of Zenda
"The most thrilling swordfight ever filmed..."
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.
Movie Details
Budget
$1.3M
$1,250,000
Revenue
$5.0M
$5,000,000
Languages
English
+1 more
Studio
Selznick International Pictures
Key Crew

David O. Selznick
Producer

John L. Balderston
Screenplay

John Cromwell
Director

Ben Hecht
Writer
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

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)














