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The Prisoner of Zenda

1937 · 101 min

A grand, old-fashioned adventure that sweeps you up in royal intrigue and doomed romance, with a thrilling swordfight and a bittersweet ache.

Tagline: The most thrilling swordfight ever filmed...
Overview: A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.

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Tone: romanticstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
love
loyalty
power
betrayal
Places: single country house
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	5
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	6
Romance	8
Tension	6
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: romance, adventure
Directed by: John Cromwell
Written by: Ben Hecht, John L. Balderston, Edward E. Rose, Sidney Howard
Starring: Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, David Niven, Raymond Massey, Montagu Love
Music: Alfred Newman
Cinematography: James Wong Howe, Bert Glennon
Runtime: 101 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: French, English

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