They celebrate their acquaintance by drinking late into the night. The king, surprised at first, takes a great liking to the Englishman, and invites him to stay at the royal hunting lodge. Zapt introduces him to the soon-to-be-crowned king, Rudolf V, who turns out to be not only his distant relative, but also looksвЂ…justвЂ…likeвЂ…him (except for the Englishman's mustache). Rassendyll discovers why when he meets Colonel Zapt and Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim. While there, he is puzzled by the odd reactions of the natives to him. In June 1897, English gentleman Rudolf Rassendyll (Granger) takes a fishing vacation in Ruritania, a small kingdom in the Balkans. The art direction was by CedricвЂ…Gibbons and HansвЂ…Peters and the costume design by WalterвЂ…Plunkett. ДЄlfred Newman's 1937 music score was adapted by Conrad Salinger, since Newman was unavailable to work on the film and the cinematography by JosephвЂ…Ruttenberg.

The screenplay, attributed to NoelвЂ…Langley, was nearly word-for-word identical to the one used in the 1937 RonaldвЂ…Colman version, which was by JohnвЂ…L.вЂ…Balderston, adapted by WellsвЂ…Root, from the Hope novel and the stage play by EdwardвЂ…Rose, with additional dialogue by DonaldвЂ…OgdenвЂ…Stewart. It stars StewartвЂ…Granger, DeborahвЂ…Kerr, and JamesвЂ…Mason (with LouisвЂ…Calhern, RobertвЂ…Douglas, JaneвЂ…Greer and RobertвЂ…Coote).

This version was made by Loew's and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, directed by RichardвЂ…Thorpe and produced by PandroвЂ…S.вЂ…Berman. The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1952 Technicolor film version of the 1894 novelвЂ…ofвЂ…theвЂ…sameвЂ…name by AnthonyвЂ…Hope and a remake of theвЂ…1937вЂ…filmвЂ…version and the 1922 silent version as well. For the many other adaptations for film and television, see TheвЂ…PrisonerвЂ…ofвЂ…ZendaвЂ…(disambiguation).

For the original 1894 novel, see TheвЂ…PrisonerвЂ…ofвЂ…Zenda. For the 1937 film starring Ronald Colman on which it is based, see TheвЂ…PrisonerвЂ…ofвЂ…ZendaвЂ…(1937вЂ…film). This article is about the 1952 film starring Stewart Granger.

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