The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda

1952 · 100 min · EN · NR · 6.9 (60 votes)
Dir. Richard Thorpe · Starring Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, James Mason, Louis Calhern, Jane Greer, Lewis Stone · Music Alfred Newman

“A Swashbuckling Adventure In The Grand Style!”

Adventure

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.

VIBE

A thrilling adventure of mistaken identity and daring rescues in a charming, fictional kingdom. Expect dashing heroes, dastardly villains, and a touch of old-fashioned romance in this grand, escapist tale.

swashbucklingromanticadventurouslightheartedsteadyclassic Hollywoodadventure spectacleperiod pieceidentityloyaltyroyaltyadventure
based on novel or bookkingdomheir to the thronemistaken identityremakeroyaltyidentity swapfictitious country
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