The Prisoner of Zenda
The most thrilling swordfight ever filmed...
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.
- Director
- John Cromwell
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $5M
Who's in it
Cast
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14 billed performers
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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.
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Box Office & Release
The Prisoner of Zenda returned 4.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $1M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $5M
- Release date
- Sep 3, 1937
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, French
- Country
- United States of America
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