The Prisoner of Zenda
The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1922 American silent adventure film directed by Rex Ingram, one of the many adaptations of Anthony Hope's popular 1894 novel The Prisoner of Zenda and the subsequent 1896 play by Hope and Edward Rose.
Plot
Englishman Rudolf Rassendyll (Lewis Stone) decides to pass the time by attending the coronation of his distant relation, King Rudolf V of Ruritania (also played by Stone) . He encounters an acquaintance on the train there, Antoinette de Mauban (Barbara La Marr), the mistress of the king's treacherous brother, Grand Duke 'Black' Michael (Stuart Holmes).
More details
author | Mary O'Hara |
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director | Rex Ingram |
editor | Grant Whytock |
genre | adventure drama |
keywords | drawbridge drug force garrot grand duke hunting lodge morning outnumber ramon novarro ruritania sword fight the king wait |
musicBy | William Axt |
producer | Rex Ingram |
productionCompany | Metro Pictures |
publisher | Metro Pictures |
theme | romantic drama silent swashbuckler |