The Crown of Lies (1926)
Olga Kriga, a New York boarding house maid, is loved by John Knight, an automobile salesman, asks her to wed him. One day in a delicatessen, she is seen by a foreigner, who immediately hails her as "Queen." He tells her the faithful cabinet is waiting nearby. The foreigner is a servant of the former prime minister and he insists that she is the long lost ruler of Sylvania, a small European country. Olga decides to pose as that lost queen of Sylvania, and travels to that Balkan country accompanied by Knight. Count Mirko, knowing her return will cause usurper troubles, plans to make it appear beneficial to be rid of Olga. However, the people of the country acclaim her as queen and, after a revolt, put her on the throne. Happiness has been restored to Sylvania, but Olga decides that she no longer to pose as a royal and returns to New York with Knight. A lost film.
Director: Dimitri Buchowetzki
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Pola Negri as Olga Kriga |
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Noah Beery as Count Mirko |
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Robert Ames as John Knight |
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Charles A. Post as Karl |
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Arthur Hoyt as Fritz |
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Michael Vavitch as Vorski |
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Cissy Fitzgerald as Leading Lady |
| Directing | Dimitri Buchowetzki | Director |
| Writing | Louis D. Lighton | Writer |
| Writing | Hope Loring | Writer |
| Writing | Ernest Vajda | Story |
| Camera | Bert Glennon | Director of Photography |
