Aubrey Smith) and Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim (David Niven) while fishing. Rassendyll soon meets the irresponsible Rudolf and his loyal underlings, Colonel Zapt (C.

He eventually finds out why: he looks exactly like the soon-to-be-crowned king, Rudolf V (Colman again), who happens to be his distant relative. While there, he is annoyed by the odd way he is treated by the natives. In 1991, the film was deemed 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant' by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry.Д®nglish gentleman Rudolf Rassendyll (Ronald Colman) takes a fishing vacation in a small, middle European country (never named in the film, but identified as Ruritania in the novel). It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and Original Music Score. Rose Donald Ogden Stewart was responsible for additional dialogue, and Ben Hecht and Sidney Howard made uncredited contributions. Balderston, adapted by Wells Root from the novel, with dramatisation by Edward E. Selznick for Selznick International Pictures, and distributed by United Artists. It was directed by John Cromwell, produced by David O. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey, Mary Astor and David Niven. It starred Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., with a supporting cast including C. 'The Prisoner of Zenda' is a 1937 black-and-white adventure film based on the Anthony Hope's, this is considered by many to be the definitive version.

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