The Yellow Ticket
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"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.
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Pola Negri
Lea, the Professor's Adopted Daughter
Known for
The Moon-Spinners
Harry Liedtke
Demetri, a Medical Student
Known for
The Oyster Princess
Victor Janson
Ossip Storki
Known for
The Oyster Princess
The Doll
Adolf E. Licho
Professor Stanlaus
Known for
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
Werner Bernhardt
Astanow, a Student
Also in
An Enemy of the People
Rembrandt
Guido Herzfeld
Scholem Raab
Also in
Pinkus's Shoe Palace
The Finances of the Grand Duke
Margarete Kupfer
Dance Hall Proprietress
Known for
I Don't Want to Be a Man
Woman in the Moon
Marga Lindt
Vera
Also in
Sein Todfeind
Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil
Victor Janson Director · Eugen Illés Director Paul L. Stein Director
First release November 21, 1918 · Produced in Germany · Original title Der gelbe Schein
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Projektions-AG Union
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Germany
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Original title
Der gelbe Schein
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · November 21, 1918
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No release date listed for United States.
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