Colonel Zapt — The Prisoner of Zenda Character Profile

About Colonel Zapt

A loyal military officer who introduces Rassendyll to the king, convinces him to impersonate the drugged monarch, searches for the abducted king, and leads troops to storm Zenda castle to rescue him.

Character Facts

Played by

C. Aubrey Smith

Appears in

The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Colonel Zapt — Power Protector — Princess Flavia (Madeleine Carroll)

  Zapt acts as the loyal military protector of Princess Flavia and the crown.

• Colonel Zapt — Alliance Related — Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim (David Niven)

  Zapt and von Tarlenheim operate as coordinated military allies.

• Colonel Zapt — Conflict Related — Rupert of Hentzau (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.)

  Zapt and Rupert are direct military adversaries on opposing sides of the conflict.

• Colonel Zapt — Alliance Related — Antoinette de Mauban (Mary Astor)

  Zapt utilizes Antoinette's information as a necessary tactical alliance.

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More characters from The Prisoner of Zenda

• Major Rudolf Rassendyll / The Prisoner of Zenda (Ronald Colman)
• Princess Flavia (Madeleine Carroll)
• Rupert of Hentzau (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.)
• Antoinette de Mauban (Mary Astor)
• Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim (David Niven)
• Black Michael (Raymond Massey)
• Max the Butler (Torben Meyer)
• Detchard (Montagu Love)
• Frau Holf the Cook (Eleanor Wesselhoeft)
• Albert von Lauengram (Philip Sleeman)
• Lord Topham (uncredited) (Ben Webster)
• Johann (uncredited) (Byron Foulger)