High Treason
Screening on Film
Directed by Maurice Elvey.
UK, 1928, 35mm, black & white, silent, 75 min.
UK, 1928, 35mm, black & white, silent, 75 min.
It’s 1940…the future...war threatens between the newly United Europe and the Atlantic States. Following a nasty border dispute, both sides prepare for an inevitable confrontation until a group of female workers organizes as the Peace League to prevent the outbreak of the Second World War. An odd instance of pacifist propaganda, Elvey’s film was originally filmed as a sound film but released in a silent version to accommodate theaters not yet ready for the new technology.