Rupert of Hentzau (1923 film)

Rupert of Hentzau
Directed by	Victor Heerman
Written by	Edward J. Montagne
Based on	Rupert of Hentzau by Anthony Hope
Produced by	Lewis J. Selznick
Starring	Bert Lytell Elaine Hammerstein Lew Cody
Cinematography	Glen MacWilliams Harris Thorpe
Production company	Selznick Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Selznick Distributing Corporation
Release date	July 15, 1923 (1923-07-15)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Rupert of Hentzau is a 1923 American silent adventure film directed by Victor Heerman and starring Bert Lytell, Elaine Hammerstein, and Lew Cody. It is an adaptation of Anthony Hope's 1898 novel Rupert of Hentzau , the sequel to The Prisoner of Zenda . ^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Bert Lytell as King of Ruritania / Rudolph Rassendyll
• Elaine Hammerstein as Queen Flavia
• Lew Cody as Rupert of Hentzau
• Claire Windsor as Countess Helga
• Hobart Bosworth as Col. Sapt
• Bryant Washburn as Count Fritz
• Marjorie Daw as Rosa Holf
• Mitchell Lewis as Bauer
• Adolphe Menjou as Count Rischenheim
• Elmo Lincoln as Simon
• Irving Cummings as Von Bernenstein
• Josephine Crowell as Mother Holf
• Nigel De Brulier as Herbert
• Gertrude Astor as Paula

Preservation

With no prints of Rupert of Hentzau located in any film archives, ^[3] it is a lost film.

References

1. Goble p. 936
2. Progressive Silent Film List: Rupert of Hentzau at silentera.com
3. Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Rupert of Hentzau

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Rupert of Hentzau at IMDb
• Stills at the Claire Windsor website