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Where to Watch The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) in the US

1937
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1h 41m
7.6IMDb
91%Rotten Tomatoes

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The Prisoner of Zenda is available free with a participating library card or to rent in the United States.

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What it's about

This is a classic swashbuckler. Rudolph Rassendyll, Rudolf V's identical distant cousin, is asked to risk his life and impersonate the would-be king when his relative is kidnapped before his impending coronation. If Rudolf V isn't present at the ceremony, he will forfeit the crown to his older half-brother. Complications ensue when Princess Flavia, the king's cousin and betrothed, begins to notice a "personality change" in her fiancé.

Cast and crew

Director: John Cromwell, W.S. Van Dyke
Writer: Anthony Hope, John L. Balderston, Edward Rose
Starring: Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, C. Aubrey Smith

Details

Release date: Sep 3, 1937
Language: English, French
Country: United States
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 4 wins & 3 nominations total