title: Confessions of a Queen
text: # Confessions of a Queen
  
  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.
  
  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
  