The Prisoner of Zenda

1952 PG-13 1h 40m

6.9 / 10 60

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6.9/10

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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.

Director Richard Thorpe

Writers

Wells Root Noel Langley Anthony Hope

Stars

Stewart Granger Deborah Kerr James Mason

Stewart Granger

Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf V

Michael, Duke of Strelsau

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Geronimo1967 9 Sep 2022

7/10

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...