---
title: 'High Treason (1929)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Johannes Meyer'
released: '1929-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Weimar Republic'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/high-treason-1929'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0434081/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# High Treason (1929)

1929 · 80 min · Drama · Weimar Republic

Original title: Hochverrat

## Synopsis

High Treason 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. The film's art direction was by Willi Herrmann.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Johannes Meyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/johannes-meyer-2)
- **Screenplay:** [Friedrich Raff](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-raff)
- **Producer:** [Alfred Zeisler](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-zeisler)
- **Director of Photography:** [Friedrich Weinmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-weinmann)

## Cast

- [Harry Frank](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-frank)
- [Harry Hardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-hardt)
- [Gustav Fröhlich](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-frohlich)
- [Leopold von Ledebur](https://cinepixo.com/people/leopold-von-ledebur)
- [Gerda Maurus](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerda-maurus)
- [Olga Engl](https://cinepixo.com/people/olga-engl)
- [Rudolf Biebrach](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-biebrach)

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