The Prisoner of Zenda (1913)

Directors:

Hugh Ford
Edwin S. Porter

Writers:

Hugh Ford (scenario)
Anthony Hope (novel)
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Release Date:

18 February 1913 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Tagline:

The tale of a man who was a KING, and a king who was a MAN.

Plot:

King Rudolf of Ruritania is saved from a coup attempt by the help of his lookalike cousin, who falls in love with the king's fiancee. |

Plot Keywords:

Impersonation | Impostor | Substitution | Based On Novel | Based On Play

Cast

James K. Hackett	...	Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf of Ruritania
Beatrice Beckley	...	Princess Flavia
David Torrence	...	Michael, Duke of Strelsau
Fraser Coalter	...	Colonel Sapt (as Frazer Coulter)
William R. Randall	...	Fritz von Tarlenheim (as C.R. Randall)
Walter Hale	...	Rupert of Hentzau
Minna Gale	...	Antoinette de Mauban (as Mina Gale Haines)
Tom Callahan	...	Undetermined role
Frank Shannon	...	Undetermined role

Directed by
Hugh Ford
Edwin S. Porter

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Hugh Ford		scenario
Anthony Hope		novel "The Prisoner of Zenda"
Edward E. Rice		play

Produced by
Albert W. Hale	....	producer
Adolph Zukor	....	producer

Art Direction by
Richard Murphy

Other crew
Daniel Frohman	....	presenter

Production Companies

• Famous Players Film Company

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Company:

Famous Players Film Company

Trivia:

A copy of this film survives at Eastman House in Rochester, New York.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in The Prisoner of Swing (1938)