The Prisoner of Zenda 1952 and 1922

The Prisoner of Zenda 1952 and 1922 (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Portuguese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Silent ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Catalan ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1922-1952 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Richard Thorpe
Rex Ingram

Actors:
Stewart Granger ..... Rudolf Rassendyll
Deborah Kerr ..... Princess Flavia
James Mason ..... Rupert of Hentzau
Louis Calhern ..... Col. Zapt
Jane Greer ..... Antoinette de Mauban
Lewis Stone ..... The Cardinal
Robert Douglas ..... Michael, Duke of Strelsau
Robert Coote ..... Fritz von Tarlenheim
Peter Brocco ..... Johann
Francis Pierlot ..... Josef
Jay Adler ..... Customs Officer
John Alban ..... Dignitary
John Albright ..... Ball Guest
Eric Alden ..... Prison Guard
Walter Bacon ..... Priest
Guy Bellis ..... Chamberlain
Oscar Blank ..... Commuter
Lulu Mae Bohrman ..... Ball Guest
Paul Bradley ..... Coronation Guest
Emilie Cabanne ..... Lady with the Cardinal
George Calliga ..... Coronation Guest
Mary Carroll ..... German Wife
Bud Cokes ..... Ball Guest
Tom Coleman ..... Dignitary
Russell Custer ..... Coronation Guest
Bess Flowers ..... Ball Guest
Kathleen Freeman ..... Gertrud Holf
John Goldsworthy ..... Archbishop
James Gonzalez ..... Ball Guest
Robert Haines ..... Ball Guest
Sam Harris ..... Ball Guest
William Hazel ..... Aide
Thomas Browne Henry ..... Detchard
Whitey Hughes ..... Carriage Driver
George J. Lewis ..... Uhlan Guard at Hunting Lodge
Doris Lloyd ..... Lady Topham
Stanley Logan ..... Lord Topham
Leota Lorraine ..... Ball Guest
Robert Locke Lorraine ..... Ball Guest
Peter Mamakos ..... De Gautet - Conspirator
Paul Marion ..... Uhlan Guard at Hunting Lodge
Alphonse Martell ..... Nobleman
Philo McCullough ..... Coronation Guest
Joseph Mell ..... Railroad Guard
Jack Mower ..... Coronation Guest
Lewis Stone ..... Rudolf Rassendyll
Alice Terry ..... Princess Flavia
Robert Edeson ..... Col. Sapt
Stuart Holmes ..... Grand Duke 'Black' Michael
Ramon Novarro ..... Rupert of Hentzau
Barbara La Marr ..... Antoinette de Mauban
Malcolm McGregor ..... Capt. Fritz von Tarlenheim
Edward Connelly ..... Marshal von Strakencz
Lois Lee ..... Countess Helga
John George ..... Dwarf-Assassin
Snitz Edwards ..... Josef
Fairfax Burger ..... Bersonin
S.E. Jennings ..... De Gautet
Ted Billings ..... Train Passenger Eating Banana
Carrie Daumery ..... Lady-in-Waiting
Bynunsky Hyman ..... Coronation Parade Spectator
Eric Mayne ..... Lord Burlesdon - Rudolf's Brother
Lon Poff ..... Archbishop
Frederik Vogeding ..... Detchard
Carrie Clark Ward ..... Rotund Train Platform Conductor

Synopsis:

The Prisoner of Zenda: English trout fisher Rudolf Rassendyll is about the only tourist not coming for the coronation of Central-European King Rudolf V at Strelsau, but happens to be a distant relative and is approached because of their uncanny resemblance to stand in for the drunken king, in order to prevent his envious half-brother Michael, who arranged spiking his wine, to seize the throne when the reputedly less-then-dutiful Rudolf stays away. The ceremony goes well, and he gets acquainted with the charming royal bride, related princess Flavia, but afterward it's discovered that the king has been abducted; he must continue the charade and once the hiding place, the castle of Zenda, is found is involved in the fight between political parties for control over Rudolf V, his throne and his bride, for which a formidable third candidate, Michael's disloyal co-conspirator Rupert of Hentzau, was waiting in the curtains. The Prisoner of Zenda: Upon the death of his father the King, Rudolph V is set to assume the throne of Ruritania. Both he and his half-brother, Grand Duke Michael, love Princess Flavia, their orphaned cousin who lives in a wing of the palace located in the Ruritanian capital of Strelsau. While half the populace favor the King and the other half the Grand Duke, the entire populace loves Flavia. She is attracted to the Grand Duke's magnetism, but she, in a sense of obligation to her country to support his reign, believes that she will marry the King despite she not being in love with him due to he indulging excessively in his vices, such as the drink, and thus often acting irresponsibly and not in the manner of a king. The Grand Duke, with his longtime faithful companions De Gautet, Bersonin, Detchard, and Rupert of Hentzau, plan to detain the King at the Grand Duke's hunting lodge on the grounds of his castle at Zenda on the day of the coronation so that Michael can assume the throne in Strelsau in his place. Complicating this plan is the arrival into Ruritania of British gentry Rudolf Rassendyll the day before the coronation, he having been fascinated with everything Ruritanian ever since he learned of the purported blood connection between the English Rassendylls and the Ruritanian royal family, the Elphbergs. The complicating factor is that Rassendyll bears a striking resemblance to the King. Upon meeting Rassendyll, two of the King's faithful aides, Colonel Zapt and Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim, ask him, due to the extenuating circumstances, to impersonate the King at the coronation, to which Rassendyll reluctantly agrees. Further complicating the situation is that Rassendyll, as the King, falls immediately in love with Flavia, who in turns falls in love with the new man she believes the King has transformed into. Beyond the dangers posed to the King by the Grand Duke and his men, Rassendyll's life, by association is also in danger, especially if the Grand Duke discovers the switched identities. The wild card in this maze is Parisienne Antoinette de Mauban, also in Ruritania for the coronation, she who personally knows Rassendyll, who is love with the Grand Duke herself but does not know of his want to marry Flavia, and who is the unrequited object of affection of Rupert.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 25 December, 2025.