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Cast

Pola Negri

Pola Negri

Olga Kriga

Noah Beery

Noah Beery

Count Mirko

Robert Ames

Robert Ames

John Knight

Charles A. Post

Charles A. Post

Karl

Arthur Hoyt

Arthur Hoyt

Fritz

Michael Vavitch

Michael Vavitch

Vorski

Cissy Fitzgerald

Cissy Fitzgerald

Leading Lady

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Hope Loring

Hope Loring

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Ernest Vajda

Ernest Vajda

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Dimitri Buchowetzki

Dimitri Buchowetzki

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Louis D. Lighton

Louis D. Lighton

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Bert Glennon

Bert Glennon

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The Crown of Lies

19260.0 / 1050 min
Drama, Romance

Overview

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.