High Treason

High Treason (1929)

In the near future, political tensions escalate between the empires of United Europe and the Atlantic States.

Erscheinungsdatum
1929-08-09
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (10)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 15 Min.
Genres
Drama, Science Fiction, Kriegsfilm
Regie
Maurice Elvey

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

High Treason is a 1929 British film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring James Carew, Humberstone Wright, Benita Hume, Henry Vibart, Hayford Hobbs, Irene Rooke, and Jameson Thomas. It was written by L'Estrange Fawcett based on the 1927 play of the same title by Noel Pemberton Billing. Raymond Massey makes his first screen appearance in a small role.

Production

The film was initially produced as a silent but mid-way during production, Elvey was pushed by the studio to add sound to the film in order to cash in on the talkies. The sound version was prepared in collaboration with Tiffany Pictures and this version was copyrighted by them in 1930 in the United States and never renewed making the sound version public domain in the United States.

The Gaumont-Tiffany co-produced sound version of the film was presented in a London trade show on 9 August 1929, then went into UK general release in silent and sound versions on 9 September 1929. The sound version was released in the US by Tiffany Productions on 13 March 1930.

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