The Prisoner of Zenda (1922 film)
The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1922 silent adventure film, one of the many adaptations of Anthony Hopes popular 1894 novel of the same name and the subsequent 1896 play by Hope and Edward Rose.
The day before the coronation, Rassendyll is seen by Colonel Sapt Robert Edeson and Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim Malcolm McGregor. Astounded by the uncanny resemblance between Rassendyll and their liege, they take him to meet Rudolf at a hunting lodge. The king is delighted with his double and invites him to dinner. During the meal, a servant brings in a fine bottle of wine, a present from Michael delivered by his henchman, Rupert of Hentzau Ramon Novarro. After Rudolf tastes it, he finds it so irresistible that he drinks the entire bottle by himself.The next morning, Sapt is unable to rouse him the wine was drugged. Sapt is afraid that if the coronation is postponed, Michael will seize the throne. The country is dangerously divided between the supporters of Rudolf and of Michael. The colonel declares that it is Fate that brought Rassendyll to Ruritania he can take Rudolfs place with no one the wiser. The Englishman is less certain, but he tosses a coin, which lands in Rudolfs favor, and Rassendyll goes through with the ceremony. Afterwards, he is driven to the palace in the company of the universally adored Princess Flavia Alice Terry. ........
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