The Prisoner of Zenda

Directed by John Cromwell

Written by John L. Balderston, Wells Root, Edward E. Rose, Anthony Hope, Donald Ogden Stewart

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.

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

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Eleanor Wesselhoeft

Frau Holf the Cook

Torben Meyer

Max the Butler

Wilhelm von Brincken

Krafstein (uncredited)