The Yellow Ticket

5.6
191858m

"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.

Cast

Photo of Pola Negri

Pola Negri

Lea, the Professor's Adopted Daughter

Photo of Harry Liedtke

Harry Liedtke

Demetri, a Medical Student

Photo of Victor Janson

Victor Janson

Ossip Storki

Photo of Adolf E. Licho

Adolf E. Licho

Professor Stanlaus

Photo of Margarete Kupfer

Margarete Kupfer

Dance Hall Proprietress

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