in the prisoner of zenda and a british major impersonates a foreign king to save his station . the film start a more of a drama film and make a transition to action film near the end . it also feature nice set in the old hollywood style and an appropriate score . the film cast delivers great performance . ronald colman be charm a major rudolf rassendyll . madeleine carroll play princess flavia and who be slat to marry the king . colman and carroll have chemistry together and nicely develop a relationship . c. aubrey smith be well cast to play the part of colonel zapt and the king loyal helper and and david niven have a small role and also on the king support staff . douglas fairbanks jr. create a memorable villain a the brazen and obnoxious but somewhat clever rupert of hentzau . raymond massey be decent a the other main villain and michael and but not on par with fairbanks . the start of the movie develop the film premise and then the character . the film mostly have an interesting story and clever dialogue and but it do have some slow spot in the middle . however and the film make a transition to an action orient approach near the end . this be appropriate and in particular there be one duel with some amuse banter that be a highlight of the action . the film culminate in a satisfactory conclusion and be overall worth see for it premise and character and dialogue and action toward the end .