When a British subject, Rudolf Rassendyll (Stewart Granger) arrives to Ruritania, in a fishing trip, he was ignoring that he is a replica of the man who would be king...
He was also surprised to find out that Rudolf V will be betrayed by two enemies: his half-brother Michael, Duke of Strelsau (Robert Douglas) who dreams to be the future sovereign, and by the impertinent, ambitious Officer Rupert of Hentzau (James Mason) who wishes to be the first man in the Kingdom...
Michael, after drugging the King, wants the Crown to be offered to him by the people... He poses as their savior from the excesses of an incompetent King...
But two faithful Officers, Colonel Zapt (Louis Calhern) and Lieutenant Fritz von Tarlenhein (Robert Coote), actively in favor of 'crowning the King,' persuade the 'Englishman on holiday' to substitute the 'twin cousin' and to stand assuming the position of a true king at his Coronation...
Rossendyll discovers himself involved in a tensional political web as well as in a strange human sensation...
He couldn't play the impostor after meeting Princess Flavia (Deborah Kerr). He couldn't care about the king and the crown anymore... Only her! He instantly falls in love with the young princess... And his love was more than truth or life or honor...
Flavia didn't either understand 'why' the King is so different... She never liked the King... She didn't love the King... Why, since the coronation, everything seems so different? Rudolf was so serious, so impartial, so indifferent... Now, so careful, so concerned, so in love...
After the success of "Scaramouche," Stewart Granger performs with dignity the king part in "Prisoner of Zenda." He plays with certain charm the innocent hero, the swordsman, the perfect English gentleman in love... He proves to be 'the finest Elphberg of them all.' Granger will be always remembered as the handsome elegant actor of them all...
Deborah Kerr, who worked with Granger in "King Solomon's Mines," is exquisite as the delicate, sensitive princess, 'born to her cares and duties.' Her honor lies in keeping faith with her country and her house...
Jane Greer plays the French Lady madly in love with Michael... Her only care was 'no harm' to her lover...
"The Prisoner of Zenda" has all the elements of a highly romantic costumed adventure: secret plots; confused courts; honor; power; fame; duty; bravery; flirt; passion; love; hate; and swordsplay...
Filmed in Technicolor, the film is a beautiful exact remake of the 1937 Version with Ronald Colman, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Madeleine Carroll and Raymond Massey...
He was also surprised to find out that Rudolf V will be betrayed by two enemies: his half-brother Michael, Duke of Strelsau (Robert Douglas) who dreams to be the future sovereign, and by the impertinent, ambitious Officer Rupert of Hentzau (James Mason) who wishes to be the first man in the Kingdom...
Michael, after drugging the King, wants the Crown to be offered to him by the people... He poses as their savior from the excesses of an incompetent King...
But two faithful Officers, Colonel Zapt (Louis Calhern) and Lieutenant Fritz von Tarlenhein (Robert Coote), actively in favor of 'crowning the King,' persuade the 'Englishman on holiday' to substitute the 'twin cousin' and to stand assuming the position of a true king at his Coronation...
Rossendyll discovers himself involved in a tensional political web as well as in a strange human sensation...
He couldn't play the impostor after meeting Princess Flavia (Deborah Kerr). He couldn't care about the king and the crown anymore... Only her! He instantly falls in love with the young princess... And his love was more than truth or life or honor...
Flavia didn't either understand 'why' the King is so different... She never liked the King... She didn't love the King... Why, since the coronation, everything seems so different? Rudolf was so serious, so impartial, so indifferent... Now, so careful, so concerned, so in love...
After the success of "Scaramouche," Stewart Granger performs with dignity the king part in "Prisoner of Zenda." He plays with certain charm the innocent hero, the swordsman, the perfect English gentleman in love... He proves to be 'the finest Elphberg of them all.' Granger will be always remembered as the handsome elegant actor of them all...
Deborah Kerr, who worked with Granger in "King Solomon's Mines," is exquisite as the delicate, sensitive princess, 'born to her cares and duties.' Her honor lies in keeping faith with her country and her house...
Jane Greer plays the French Lady madly in love with Michael... Her only care was 'no harm' to her lover...
"The Prisoner of Zenda" has all the elements of a highly romantic costumed adventure: secret plots; confused courts; honor; power; fame; duty; bravery; flirt; passion; love; hate; and swordsplay...
Filmed in Technicolor, the film is a beautiful exact remake of the 1937 Version with Ronald Colman, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Madeleine Carroll and Raymond Massey...