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LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
Un inglese in vacanza a Ruritania deve impersonare il re quando il legittimo monarca, un lontano cugino, viene drogato e rapito.Un inglese in vacanza a Ruritania deve impersonare il re quando il legittimo monarca, un lontano cugino, viene drogato e rapito.Un inglese in vacanza a Ruritania deve impersonare il re quando il legittimo monarca, un lontano cugino, viene drogato e rapito.
- Candidato a 2 Oscar
- 1 vittoria e 3 candidature totali
Evelyn Beresford
- Lady Topham
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Ricardo Lord Cezon
- Little Boy
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Spencer Charters
- Railroad Porter
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D'Arcy Corrigan
- Traveler
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Alexander D'Arcy
- De Gautet
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Ralph Faulkner
- Bersonin
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Trama
Lo sapevi?
- QuizDouglas Fairbanks Jr. initially wanted the double role for himself and actually tested for it. He was devastated when it was awarded to Ronald Colman. Instead he was offered the part of "Rupert of Hentzau" and, according to David O. Selznick, "Nobody else stood a chance!" His father, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., convinced his son that it was a blessing in disguise, as it was the best part in the piece, and advised him on billing and costume.
- BlooperPrincess Flavia gives Rassendyll a red rose in the garden. As it lies on a book a little while later, it is white.
- Citazioni
Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim: Fate doesn't always make the right men kings.
- ConnessioniFeatured in Hollywood and the Stars: The Swashbucklers (1964)
- Colonne sonoreArtist's Life, Op. 316
(uncredited)
Composed by Johann Strauss
[The piece to which Rudolph and Flavia dance at the ball]
Recensione in evidenza
If anyone wants to see an excellent movie made before the banner cinematic year of 1939, this would be a film to watch. It could hardly have gone wrong, with David O. Selznick as producer and John Cromwell as director. And a superlative cast of popular stalwarts, mostly from Hollywood's British colony. Ronald Colman is his usual smooth and accomplished self in a dual role, King Rupert (of some fictitious country) and look-alike Englishman Rudolph Rassendyll, very distant cousins. The scenes in which he faces himself onscreen called `trick photography' then are remarkable for the period. Lovely Madeleine Carroll plays a princess, betrothed to the king. Her equal in elegance and beauty wasn't seen on the screen again until Audrey Hepburn and Julie Andrews. Many critics have praised Douglas Fairbanks, jr, as a likeable rogue. He's very good, in an easy role. My applause goes to the two stars. The film is a glamorous combination of romance, spectacle and adventure. Don't even dream of realism; there was too much realism in ordinary life during most of the Thirties. This is a grand escape to a time and place that never were. If I had to pick a favorite scene in the film, it would be the famous entrance of Colman and Carroll into the coronation ball. The shot opens on the couple, walking fast, arm in arm, directly toward us. The camera pulls back and back and BACK until the grand staircase of the palace and the entire ballroom, filled with people, are revealed. Visually and technically, this single fluid shot is a stunning achievement. It shows us the creative work that could be done at the time, by hugely talented artists, long before the advent of zoom lenses and computer graphics. Elegance and class are not hallmarks of most current movies. `The Prisoner of Zenda' (1937) is a stylish and very satisfying example a symbol, perhaps of what escapist entertainment can be. And of what it could and should be, now and then, even today.
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- The Prisoner of Zenda
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- Budget
- 1.250.000 USD (previsto)
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 41 minuti
- Colore
- Proporzioni
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Il prigioniero di Zenda (1937) officially released in India in English?
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