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.
Directors: Victor Janson, Eugen Illés, Paul L. Stein.
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Pola Negri as Lea, the Professor's Adopted Daughter |
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Harry Liedtke as Demetri, a Medical Student |
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Victor Janson as Ossip Storki |
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Adolf E. Licho as Professor Stanlaus |
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Werner Bernhardt as Astanow, a Student |
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Guido Herzfeld as Scholem Raab |
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Margarete Kupfer as Dance Hall Proprietress |
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Marga Lindt as Vera |
| Directing | Victor Janson | Director |
| Directing | Eugen Illés | Director |
| Art | Kurt Richter | Art Direction |
| Production | Paul Davidson | Producer |
| Writing | Hanns Kräly | Writer |
| Camera | Eugen Illés | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Paul L. Stein | Director |
| Writing | Hans Brennert | Writer |
