A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.
Lewis Stone
as Rudolf Rassendyll / King Rudolf
Alice Terry
as Princess Flavia
Robert Edeson
as Colonel Sapt
Stuart Holmes
as Grand Duke 'Black' Michael
Ramon Novarro
as Rupert of Hentzau
Barbara La Marr
as Antoinette de Mauban
Malcolm McGregor
as Capt. Fritz von Tarlenheim
Edward Connelly
as Marshal von Strakencz
Lois Lee
as Countess Helga
John George
as Assassin
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This is one of my favourite swashbuckling stories - and this silent version is as good as they get. Lewis Stone is the travelling English baron "Rassendyll" who, through damned ill-luck happens to be in the tiny kingdom of Ruritania on the day before their new king "Rudolf" is to be crowned. Whilst ...