Rupert of Hentzau (1915 film)

Rupert of Hentzau
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Directed by	George Loane Tucker
Written by	W. Courtney Rowden
Based on	novel Rupert of Hentzau by Anthony Hope
Starring	Henry Ainley Jane Gail Gerald Ames
Production company	London Film Company
Release date	March 1915 (1915-03) (UK)
Running time	Five reels
Country	UK
Language	Silent

Rupert of Hentzau is a 1915 British adventure film of the silent era. It was directed by George Loane Tucker and starred Henry Ainley, Jane Gail and Gerald Ames. It was based on the 1898 novel Rupert of Hentzau by Anthony Hope, the sequel to The Prisoner of Zenda (1894). It tells the story of the journey of an Englishmen to Ruritania in Eastern Europe where he is forced to impersonate a King to thwart the plans of a villainous aristocrat Rupert of Hentzau.^[1]

It was released in the United States in 1916, which sometimes leads to it being attributed to that year. It was later re-released in 1918 at the end of the First World War. It is believed^[2] to be a lost film, no longer known to exist in any studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress.

Cast

• Henry Ainley as Rudolf Rassendyll / Rudolf V
• Jane Gail as Queen Flavia
• Gerald Ames as Rupert of Hentzau
• Charles Rock as Colonel Sapt
• George Bellamy as Count von Rischenheim
• Warwick Wellington as Lieutenant Bernenstein
• Douglas Munro as Bauer
• Stella St. Audrie as Chancellor's Wife

See also

• List of lost films

References

1. "Rupert of Hentzau". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 27 May 2009.
2. "Rupert of Hentzau". silentera.com. Retrieved 6 March 2013.

External links

• Rupert of Hentzau at IMDb