The Yellow Ticket

Overview

"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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 21, 1918

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Production

Projektions-AG Union

Cast

Guido Herzfeld,Adolf E. Licho,Victor Janson,Harry Liedtke,Werner Bernhardt,Pola Negri,Marga Lindt,Margarete Kupfer

Director

Eugen Illés,Paul L. Stein,Victor Janson

Writer

Hans Brennert,Hanns Kräly

Producer

Paul Davidson

Cinematography

Eugen Illés

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0157534