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Overview
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
John L. Balderston (screenplay) and
Noel Langley (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
14 November 1952 (USA) more
Plot:
An Englishman vacationing in a Ruritarian kingdom is recruited to impersonate his cousin, the soon-to-be-crowned king when the monarch is drugged and kidnapped. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Stewart Granger | ... | Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf V | |
| Deborah Kerr | ... | Princess Flavia | |
| 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 | |
| James Mason | ... | Rupert of Hentzau |
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Runtime:
96 min
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Colour:
Colour (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #15979) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:Btl | UK:U
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This version's music score is an adaptation of the one composed by Alfred Newman for the 1937 version. more
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Errors in geography: In the opening shot of the movie, showing a train labeled "The Orient Express," there are a couple of very, very tall, California-type palm trees in the background. more
Quotes:
Rudolf Rassendyll:
I probably looked like a prize idiot and talked like one too.
Princess Flavia:
You're too modest. You really looked and acted like a King today.
Rudolf Rassendyll:
Oh, thank you.
Princess Flavia:
It was delightfully unexpected.
Rudolf Rassendyll:
Oh.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) more
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I bought a duel set of "The Prisoner of Zenda" that contains both 1937 and 1952 versions, and like the 1952 version much more. First of all, Granger's handsomeness and style fits more to the fairy-tale adventure story of prince and princess, Coleman is too sophisticated for the Rassendyall character. Other casts are better also; Kerr is much prettier and princess like, and Mason is a more impressive villain. I also think that the fighting scenes are better, more elegant and better choreographed. With no less significance is the color ,makes the costume and characters look more sensational, and gives more feeling for the romantic fairy tale .
This movie is pure entertainment, I first saw it in high school, loved it, I still enjoy it 30 years later .