The Prisoner of Zenda (1915 film)

The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1915 British silent adventure film directed by George Loane Tucker and starring Henry Ainley, Jane Gail and Gerald Ames. Shot at Twickenham Studios, it is an adaptation of 1894 novel The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope.[1] A film based on the 1898 sequel Rupert of Hentzau was released shortly afterwards with the same director and cast.

The Prisoner of Zenda
Directed byGeorge Loane Tucker
Written byW. Courtney Rowden
Based onThe Prisoner of Zenda
1894 novel
by Anthony Hope
Produced byDaniel Frohman
StarringHenry Ainley
Jane Gail
Gerald Ames
Production
company
Distributed byJury Films
Release date
March 1915
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Plot summary edit

Cast edit

  • Henry Ainley as Rudolf Rasendyll / Rudolf V
  • Jane Gail as Princess Flavia
  • Gerald Ames as Rupert of Hentzau
  • Arthur Holmes-Gore as Michael, Duke of Strelsau
  • Charles Rock as Colonel Sapt
  • George Bellamy as Captain von Rischenheim
  • Norman Yates as Fritz von Tarlenheim
  • Marie Anita Bozzi as Antoinette de Mauban

References edit

  1. ^ Goble p.917

Bibliography edit

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Low, Rachael. The History of British Film, Volume III: 1914-1918. Routledge, 1997.

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