
Film
The Crown of Lies
1926 · 50m · Drama · Romance
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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.
Cast

Pola Negri
Olga Kriga

Noah Beery
Count Mirko

Robert Ames
John Knight

Charles A. Post
Karl

Arthur Hoyt
Fritz

Michael Vavitch
Vorski

Cissy Fitzgerald
Leading Lady
Crew
- Dimitri BuchowetzkiDirector
- Louis D. LightonWriter
- Hope LoringWriter
- Ernest VajdaStory
- Bert GlennonDirector of Photography
Details
- Release date
- March 27, 1926
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
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