The Prisoner of Zenda
The most thrilling swordfight ever filmed...
Country
Production
Budget
$1 250 000
Box office
$5 000 000
Director
Actors
Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, David Niven, Raymond Massey, Montagu Love, Philip Sleeman, Eleanor Wesselhoeft
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Edward E. Rose, Ben Hecht
Producer
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Short description
An Englishman who resembles the king of a small European nation gets mixed up in palace intrigue when his look-alike is kidnapped.
What's left behind the scenes
- Douglas Fairbanks originally auditioned for the role of Rudolph, but was turned down. His father advised him to try playing the villain.
- The film is based on the novel of the same name by Anthony Hope.
- Producer David O. Selznick (1902-1965) disliked the action scenes, particularly the fencing scenes, so at the end of filming he invited directors V.S. Van Dyke (1889-1943) and George Cukor (1899-1983) and asked them to reshoot all of those scenes.
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Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
