The Yellow Ticket (1918)

1918 · Silent film · 58 min · dir. Victor Janson

• Drama

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Synopsis

"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…

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Details

Director

Victor Janson

Writer

Hans Brennert

Cinematography

Eugen Illés

Studio

Projektions-AG Union

Released

1918-11-21

Original title

Der gelbe Schein

Running time

58 minutes

Cast & crew

• Victor Janson Director
• Pola Negri
• Harry Liedtke
• Victor Janson
• Adolf E. Licho
• WWerner Bernhardt
• GGuido Herzfeld
• Margarete Kupfer
• MMarga Lindt

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