The read
It runs a compact 58m.
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 (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.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Eugen IllésDirector
- Victor JansonDirector
- Paul L. SteinDirector
- Hans BrennertWriter
- Hanns KrälyWriter
Cast
- Pola NegriLea, the Professor's Adopted Daughter
- Harry LiedtkeDemetri, a Medical Student
- Victor JansonOssip Storki
- Adolf E. LichoProfessor Stanlaus
- Werner BernhardtAstanow, a Student
- Guido HerzfeldScholem Raab
- Margarete KupferDance Hall Proprietress
- Marga LindtVera