The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)

NR11/04/1952Adventure1h 40m
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A Swashbuckling Adventure In The Grand Style!

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Stewart Granger

    Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf V

  2. Cast 1

    Deborah Kerr

    Princess Flavia

  3. Cast 1

    James Mason

    Rupert of Hentzau

  4. Cast 1

    Louis Calhern

    Col. Zapt

  5. Cast 1

    Jane Greer

    Antoinette de Mauban

  6. Cast 1

    Lewis Stone

    The Cardinal

  7. Cast 1

    Robert Douglas

    Michael, Duke of Strelsau

  8. Cast 1

    Robert Coote

    Fritz von Tarlenheim

  9. Cast 1

    Peter Brocco

    Johann

From Alfred Newman's opening music through the first ten minutes of this, it's pretty much a carbon copy of the 1937 version of Sir Anthony Hope's story. The only difference is that it's Stewart Granger playing the dashing "Rassendyll" who arrives in the European kingdom of Ruritania just as it's king is to be crowned. He's puzzled by his welcome but a walk in the forest soon makes the reasons for that clear when he meets "Col. Zapt" (Louis Calhern) and his boss - the King - who looks like his identical twin. Back to his hunting lodge they go for a glass of wine and next thing he wakes up in t...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$1,700,000.00

Revenue $5,600,000.00

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