Rupert of Hentzau is a 1957 British television film version of the novel Rupert of Hentzau. It starred Robert Shaw and aired on Boxing Day.[1]
The Daily Telegraph called it "a rollicking good yarn to end Christmas, worth its rare dramatisation."[2]
The Manchester Evening News wrote "superbly cast, it captured all the romantic atmosphere of Ruritania."[3]
The Observer called it "a splendid holiday production" which featured "the most spirited duel in the history of the medium."[4]
Cast
edit- John Westbrook as Rudolf Rassendyll/The King
- Sarah Lawson as Queen Flavia
- Robert Shaw as Rupert of Hentzau
- Stanley Van Beers as Colonel Sapt
- Maurice Kaufmann as Fritz von Tarlenheim
- Jennifer Wright as Helga von Tarlenheim
- John Gabriel
- Paul Eddington as the Count Luzau-Rischenheim
- Jeremy Burnham as Lieutenant Bernenstein
- Diana Lamnert as Rosa Holf
- Meadows White as James
- Margery Caldicott as Mother Holf
References
editExternal links
edit- Rupert of Hentzau at IMDb
- Rupert of Hentzau at Genome
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