The Yellow Ticket
1918, German. Directed by Eugen Illés & Victor Janson & Paul L. Stein.
"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.
- Runtime
- 0h 58m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Eugen IllésDirector
- Victor JansonDirector
- Paul L. SteinDirector
- 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
Details
- Released
- 21 November 1918
- Original title
- Der gelbe Schein
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Hans Brennert, Hanns Kräly
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The Yellow Ticket runs 58 minutes (0h 58m).
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The Yellow Ticket isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 November 1918. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Yellow Ticket?
The Yellow Ticket (1918) was directed by Eugen Illés and Victor Janson and Paul L. Stein and stars Pola Negri, Harry Liedtke, Victor Janson.