Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) - Richard Thorpe on AllMovie - Mistaken identity and underhanded dealings setMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Genre Adventure | Remake.
But Rupert (James Mason), Rudolph's devious brother, believes it is he who should be the king, and he arranges for Prince Rudolph to be poisoned the night before his coronation. Desperate, Rudolph's minders beg Rassendyll to participate in the ceremony in Rudolph's place so that Rupert cannot take the throne. Rassendyll agrees, and the ceremony goes off without a hitch, but when Rupert's men discover this subterfuge, they imprison the real Prince as they threaten to reveal the secret of the new "king." Rassendyll's dilemma is compounded when he finds himself falling in love with Princess Flavia (Deborah Kerr), Rudolph's intended. 1952 100 min TVPG Action/Adventure, Drama Feature Film. King Rudolf V of Ruritania (Stewart Granger) is suddenly abducted just days before his coronation is to take place. The kings evil brother, Prince Rupert (James Mason), is behind the kidnapping plot, and plans to seize the throne for himself.
Considering the scale of the production this is an. The Prisoner of Zenda took a mere thirty days to film and was released in November, 1952. After the highly successful swashbuckler Scaramouche was released in the summer of 1952, MGM thrust their new leading man into this sword-clashing costume drama and wasted no time in its production either.
It’s an adaptation of the popular 1894 novel of the same name by Anthony Hope that gave rise to the genre of the Ruritanian romance, usually an adventure in which the setting is a fictional European country.It’s also a remake of an earlier film version from 1937 and the novel was adapted into film many times before this in silent versions. She is currently working on her PhD in English literature.The Prisoner of Zenda (1952) is a swashbuckling adventure, filled with romance, swash, and (you guessed it!) buckling. An Englishman vacationing in a Ruritarian.Frock Flicks note: This is a guest post by our friend Sabrina, a historical costume enthusiast who enjoys sewing historical costumes from various eras. With Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, James Mason, Louis Calhern.
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(And when they’re not in uniform, they’re swashbuckling in open V-neck shirts. There’s lots of fun fancy braid and there are epaulets and medals and sashes. So, for reference, here’s an illustration by Charles Dana Gibson from 1898 of a scene from the novel:The guys are all in uniforms throughout pretty much the whole movie, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Also, there is absolutely no hairpin/bobby pin shortage here.Although the novel was published in 1894 and the setting seems to be even earlier since the book is recalling events in the past, the movie is set in 1897 (as a ball invitation helpfully tells us). There’s lots of glamour because it all takes place at the royal court of Ruritania during a coronation and the Technicolor doesn’t hurt. The costumes are by Walter Plunkett, who is most famous for costuming Gone with the Wind (1939) but also had a long career in Hollywood designing costumes for a number of frock flicks.With regard to the cast, Stewart Granger is a swashbuckler par excellence as both Rudolf Rassendyll and the king that Rudolf so greatly resembles, Deborah Kerr makes a lovely and elegant Princess Flavia, James Mason is a cunning and charming Rupert of Hentzau (although a bit old for the role of the young Rupert), and Jane Greer is beautiful (and very Technicolor) as the passionate Antoinette de Mauban.While The Prisoner of Zenda is obviously a product of its time in its costuming, hair, and makeup, it’s still a pretty glorious visual spectacle.
There are lots of deeply colored dresses with appropriately high necks, even if they’re also made out of some questionable fabric choices like the pink sheer yoke on Princess Flavia.And we get to see some great suits with really severe lines that are also intense, like Antoinette de Mauban’s stunning red suit. Montgomery loved Hope’s The Prisoner of Zenda.)Daywear is only slightly less flashy.
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