The Prince and the Pauper (1920)

Original title

Prinz und Bettelknabe

Directed by

Alexander Korda

Genre

drama film, silent film, adventure film

Country

Austria

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor boy and a prince who look alike trade places in Tudor England. The story follows the chaos and discoveries that come from their swapped identities.

historicalwhimsicallightheartedclassicdramaticadventurousfamily-friendly

What happens

The Prince and the Pauper (German: Prinz und Bettelknabe) is a 1920 Austrian silent adventure film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Tibor Lubinszky, Albert Schreiber, and Adolf Weisse. It is based on Mark Twain's 1881 novel The Prince and the Pauper about a poor boy who switches places with Edward, Prince of Wales in Tudor England. For the first time in this Austrian film, a child actor, the Hungarian Tibor Lubinszky, who at eleven years old already had a respectable career in cinema, was called to play the double role of protagonist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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