Confessions of a Queen
1925 film by Victor Sjöström
- March 30, 1925 (1925-03-30)
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Confessions of a Queen is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Victor Sjöström based upon a novel by Alphonse Daudet, Les Rois en Exil. Only an incomplete print of the film survives.[2][3][4]
The film's sets were designed by the art director James Basevi.
Plot
The King of Illyris (Lewis Stone) marries a neighboring princess (Alice Terry), who finds out he has a mistress, Sephora (Helena D'Algy). Revolted, she turns to Prince Alexei (John Bowers) for friendship. Turmoil increases as a revolution demands the abdication of the King and the Queen opposes this decision.
Cast
- Alice Terry as Frederika / Queen
- Lewis Stone as King
- John Bowers as Prince Alexei
- Eugénie Besserer as Eleanora
- Helena D'Algy as Sephora
- Frankie Darro as Prince Zara
- Joseph J. Dowling as Duke of Rosen (credited as Joseph Dowling)
- George Beranger as Lewin (credited as André de Beranger)
- Bert Sprotte as Revolutionary Leader
- Wilbur Higby as Revolutionary Officer
- Otto Hoffman as King's Valet
- Frances Hatton as Maid
- James McElhern as King's Parisian Valet
References
- ^ a b H. Mark Glancy, 'MGM Film Grosses, 1924-28: The Eddie Mannix Ledger', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 12 No. 2 1992 p127-144
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Confessions of a Queen at silentera.com
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- ^ Confessions of a Queen at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted(Wayback Machine)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Confessions of a Queen.
- Confessions of a Queen at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Lobby poster; Confessions of a Queen
- Period advertisement for the film
- Still at silentfilmstillarchive.com
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Films directed by Victor Sjöström
- A Ruined Life (1912)
- The Gardener (1912)
- Marriage Bureau
- Laughter and Tears
- Lady Marion's Summer Flirtation
- The Voice of Passion
- The Conflicts of Life (1913)
- Ingeborg Holm (1913)
- The Miracle (1913)
- Half Breed (1914)
- The Clergyman (1914)
- Judge Not (1914)
- The Strike (1914)
- A Good Girl Keeps Herself in Good Order (1914)
- Children of the Streets (1914)
- Daughter of the Peaks (1914)
- Hearts That Meet (1914)
- The Sea Vultures (1915)
- Guilt Redeemed (1915)
- In the Hour of Trial (1915)
- The Price of Betrayal (1915)
- The Ships That Meet (1916)
- Kiss of Death (1916)
- Therèse (1916)
- A Man There Was (1917)
- The Lass from the Stormy Croft (1917)
- The Outlaw and His Wife (1918)
- Sons of Ingmar (1919)
- His Lordship's Last Will (1919)
- The Monastery of Sendomir (1920)
- Karin Daughter of Ingmar (1920)
- A Lover in Pawn (1920)
- The Phantom Carriage (1921)
- Name the Man (1924)
- He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
- Confessions of a Queen (1925)
- The Tower of Lies (1925)
- The Scarlet Letter (1926)
- The Divine Woman (1928)
- The Masks of the Devil (1928)
- The Wind (1928)
- A Lady to Love (1930)
- Father and Son (1930)
- Under the Red Robe (1937)
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