Adventure ·Drama · United States of America · 1922 · 1h 53m

The Prisoner of Zenda

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Director
Rex Ingram
Cast
Lewis Stone as Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf Alice Terry as Princess Flavia Robert Edeson as Colonel Sapt Stuart Holmes as Grand Duke 'Black' Michael Ramon Novarro as Rupert of Hentzau Barbara La Marr as Antoinette de Mauban
Crew
John F. Seitz — Director of Photography Grant Whytock — Editor Slavko Vorkapich — Writer Mary O'Hara — Writer Anthony Hope — Novel Rex Ingram — Producer
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
assassinprisonerbased on novel or bookcoronationheir to the thronehalf-brotherlook-alikemistressheld captivecaptivesilent filmimpersonation
Key Collaborators
Rex Ingram Director John F. Seitz Director of Photography Grant Whytock Editor Slavko Vorkapich Writer Mary O'Hara Writer Anthony Hope Novel Rex Ingram Producer
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