The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda ( in the original The Prisoner of Zenda ) is an adventure novel published in 1894 by the British author Anthony Hope.

Action

Rudolf Rassendyll, a curious young Englishman travels to the fictional country Ruritania (which is approximately in Moravia ), there to attend the coronation of the king. Rassendyll sees the king very similar - due to an affair of an ancestor of the king. This leads to a series of mix-ups and finally to the rescue of the king in a conspiracy.

Reception

The novel was a bestseller, not only in Britain but also in Europe and the United States. The first German -language translation by Ronald M. Hahn, however, appeared only in 1987 under the title The Prisoner of Zenda in Ullstein.

Hope 1898 published a sequel under the title of Rupert Hentzau.

Films

  • The Prisoner of Zenda (1913 ) - Directed by Hugh Ford, Edwin S. Porter
  • The Prisoner of Zenda (1915 ) - Director: George Loane Tucker
  • The Prisoner of Zenda (1922 ) - Directed by Rex Ingram
  • The Prisoner of Zenda (1937 ) - Directed by: John Cromwell
  • In the Shadow of the Crown (1952 ) - Director: Richard Thorpe
  • The Prisoner of Zenda (1979 ) - Director: Richard Quine
  • Grab the Doppelgänger (1996 ) - Director: Stefan Scaini

The film Royal Flash has a similar action, and the film The Great Race around the world parodied in the episode in the history Karpanien Hopes.

The Prisoner of Zenda (1922 film) Rex Ingram (director) The Prisoner of Zenda (1937 film) John Cromwell (director) The Prisoner of Zenda (1952 film) Royal Flash (film)
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