With the coronation accomplished, Rassendyll returns to resume his real identity, only to find the king has been kidnapped by Rupert of Hentzau (Mason), Michael's charmingly amoral henchman. As they spend time together, they begin to fall in love. She had always disliked her cousin Rudolf, but now finds him greatly changed, very much for the better. Rassendyll meets Rudolf's betrothed, Princess Flavia (Kerr). Zapt is able to convince a reluctant Rassendyll to impersonate Rudolf for the ceremony. It is revealed that Michael is bitter that, because his mother was not of royal blood, the younger Rudolf is the heir to the kingdom. Rudolf cannot be awakened, and if he cannot attend his coronation that day, Michael will try to assume the throne as Regent. The next morning brings a disastrous discovery: the wine was drugged. Rudolf is particularly delighted with a bottle of wine given to him by his scheming half-brother, Duke Michael (Douglas), so he drinks it all himself, and he soon passes out. They celebrate their acquaintance by drinking late into the night. The king, surprised at first, takes a great liking to the Englishman, and invites him to stay at the royal hunting lodge. Zapt introduces him to the soon-to-be-crowned king, Rudolf V, who turns out to be not only his distant relative, but also looks just like him (except for the Englishman's mustache). Rassendyll discovers why when he meets Colonel Zapt and Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim. While there, he is puzzled by the odd reactions of the natives to him. In June 1897, English gentleman Rudolf Rassendyll (Granger) takes a fishing vacation in Ruritania, a small kingdom in the Balkans. The art direction was by Cedric Gibbons and Hans Peters and the costume design by Walter Plunkett. Īlfred Newman's 1937 music score was adapted by Conrad Salinger, since Newman was unavailable to work on the film and the cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg. Balderston, adapted by Wells Root, from the Hope novel and the stage play by Edward Rose, with additional dialogue by Donald Ogden Stewart. The screenplay, attributed to Noel Langley, was nearly word-for-word identical to the one used in the 1937 Ronald Colman version, which was by John L. It stars Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, and James Mason (with Louis Calhern, Robert Douglas, Jane Greer and Robert Coote). This version was made by Loew's and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1952 Technicolor film version of the 1894 novel of the same name by Anthony Hope and a remake of the 1937 film version and the 1922 silent version as well. For the many other adaptations for film and television, see The Prisoner of Zenda (disambiguation). For the original 1894 novel, see The Prisoner of Zenda. For the 1937 film starring Ronald Colman on which it is based, see The Prisoner of Zenda (1937 film).
This article is about the 1952 film starring Stewart Granger.
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