Elinor Glyn, to whom the human heart is an open book, has here pictured her greatest romance!
Thyra arrives in Chekia to wed its old and ugly king. The Duke falls in love with her. A revolution erupts and the king is assassinated. Chief revolutionary Gigberto also falls in love with Thyra. The revolutionaries plan to drown Thyra and Gigberto in a boat, but the Duke takes Gigberto's place. And the loving couple are rescued.
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Eleanor Boardman
Thyra, Princess of Svendborg
Conrad Nagel
Harry Vane, Duke of Chevenix
Edward Connelly
King of Chekia
Arthur Edmund Carewe
Gigberto
Louis Payne
Lord Charles Vane
Vera Lewis
Princess Erek
Carrie Clark Ward
Princess Anne
Constance Wylie
Countess Arline
Dale Fuller
Governess
Ned Sparks
Gibson
Mario Carillo
Prime Minister
David Mir
Kaylkur
Mary Hawes
Thyra's Maid
Michael Pleschkoff
Captain of the Guards
Joan Crawford
Party Guest (uncredited)
