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The Prisoner of Zenda (1922)

The Prisoner of Zenda poster
Directed by
Rex Ingram
Genre
swashbuckler film, silent film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 53m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An English gentleman is asked to impersonate the imprisoned king of a small European country. He gets caught up in a plot of political intrigue and romance.

swashbucklingromanticsuspensefulnostalgicfast-paceddramaticadventurous

What happens

The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1922 American silent adventure film directed by Rex Ingram, one of the many adaptations of Anthony Hope's popular 1894 novel The Prisoner of Zenda and the subsequent 1896 play by Hope and Edward Rose. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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