High Treason (1929 German film)
| High Treason | |
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 Gerda Maurus in the film | |
| Directed by | Johannes Meyer |
| Written by |
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| Produced by | Alfred Zeisler |
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| Cinematography | |
Production company | UFA |
| Distributed by | UFA |
Release date | 1 November 1929 |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
High Treason (German: Hochverrat) is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Johannes Meyer and starring Gerda Maurus, Gustav Fröhlich and Harry Hardt. The film is set in pre-Revolution Russia. Maurus' performance was contrasted favourably with her appearance in Fritz Lang's Woman in the Moon by the magazine Film und Volk.[1] The film's art direction was by Willi Herrmann.
Cast[]
- Gerda Maurus as Vera
- Gustav Fröhlich as Wassil Gurmai
- Harry Hardt as Fürst Iwan Stolin
- Olga Engl as Fürstin Stolin seine Mutter
- Leopold von Ledebur as Grossfürst Kyrill, der Governeur
- Rudolf Biebrach as Oberst Petroff
- as Graf Starschenski
- Félix de Pomés as Nimirski
- Harry Frank as Pawel
References[]
- ^ Kreimeier p.167
Bibliography[]
- Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
External links[]
- High Treason at IMDb
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Categories:
- 1929 films
- German films
- Films of the Weimar Republic
- 1929 drama films
- German silent feature films
- German drama films
- Films directed by Johannes Meyer
- Films set in Russia
- Films set in the 1910s
- UFA GmbH films
- German black-and-white films
- 1920s drama film stubs
- Silent German film stubs