The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)

Directors

Richard Quine

Cast

Peter Sellers, Jeremy Kemp, Stuart Wilson, Lynne Frederick, Elke Sommer, Gregory Sierra, Catherine Schell, Lionel Jeffries, Simon Williams, Norman Rossington

The story

King Rudolf IV of Ruritania dies in a balloon accident upon the celebration of his eightieth birthday. In order to secure the throne, General Sapt and his nephew Fritz travel to London, where the King's son, Rudolf V, lives through the day in London's pleasure establishments; but the King's demented half-brother Michael, thinking that he is the better claimant, sends an assassin after them. Hansom cab driver Sydney (or Sidney) Frewin, the new King's half-brother from an affair with a British actress, rescues Rudolf from an assassination attempt.

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