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. 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
Ossip Darmatow as Graf Starschenski
Félix de Pomés as Nimirski
Harry Frank as Pawel