The Prisoner of Zenda

"The most thrilling swordfight ever filmed..."

An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue when his look-alike is kidnapped.

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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)

David O. Selznick

Producer

John L. Balderston

Screenplay

Anthony Hope

Novel

Edward E. Rose

Writer

Donald Ogden Stewart

Additional Dialogue

John Cromwell

Director

Wells Root

Adaptation

Ernest Dryden

Costume Design

James E. Newcom

Editor

Lyle R. Wheeler

Art Direction

James Wong Howe

Director of Photography

Bert Glennon

Director of Photography

Fred Cavens

Stunts

George Cukor

Co-Director

Hal C. Kern

Supervising Editor

Donald Ogden Stewart

Dialogue

Jack Cosgrove

Special Effects

Casey Roberts

Interior Designer

Hugo Friedhofer

Orchestrator

Sidney Howard

Writer

Fred Spencer

Assistant Director

John M. Nickolaus

Special Effects

William H. Wright

Producer's Assistant

Russell Birdwell

Publicist

Sigvard Bernadotte

Technical Advisor

Harry Redmond Jr.

Special Effects

Edward B. Powell

Orchestrator

W.S. Van Dyke

Co-Director

Alfred Newman

Original Music Composer

Ben Hecht

Writer

Oscar Lagerstrom

Sound Recordist