Rupert of Hentzau (1957 film)

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.

The Daily Telegraph called it "a rollicking good yarn to end Christmas, worth its rare dramatisation."

The Manchester Evening News wrote "superbly cast, it captured all the romantic atmosphere of Ruritania."

The Observer called it "a splendid holiday production" which featured "the most spirited duel in the history of the medium."

Cast

 * 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