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.
| High Treason | |
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.jpg) Gerda Maurus in the film | |
| Directed by | Johannes Meyer |
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| Produced by | Alfred Zeisler |
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Production company | |
| Distributed by | UFA |
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| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent German intertitles |
Cast edit
- 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
- Ossip Darmatow as Graf Starschenski
- Félix de Pomés as Nimirski
- Harry Frank as Pawel
References edit
- ^ Kreimeier p.167
Bibliography edit
- Kreimeier, Klaus. The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918-1945. University of California Press, 1999.
External links edit
- High Treason at IMDb
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