The Yellow Ticket (1918)
"The Yellow Ticket" (aka "The Devil's Pawn") was directed by Vicor Janson and Eugen Illes as a German project shot partially in Warsaw. A story of a Jewish girl forced to hide her identity in order to attend medical school in St. Petersburg, the movie is a melodrama of multiple oppression. Lea, as played by Negri, is at a disadvantage as a woman, an orphan and a Jew -- and yet has immense persistence and an insatiable ambition of becoming a doctor. The film includes more than one plot twist (the final one further complicating the issue of Lea's identity), but it's first and foremost a testimony to a spirit impossible to suppress.
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Paul L. Stein
- Eugen Illés
- Victor Janson
Writing:
- Hanns Kräly
- Hans Brennert
Stars:
Release Date: 1918-11-21
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- Country: DE
- Language: Deutsch
- Runtime: 58
Dance Hall Proprietress
Lea, the Professor's Adopted Daughter
Demetri, a Medical Student
Ossip Storki
