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The Yellow Ticket (1928)

★ 5.6/10 80 min Drama Soviet Union Russian
Director: Fyodor Otsep
Writer: Fyodor Otsep
Streaming: Not available

Description

Jacob, a farmer, returns from the war to his wife Marie and begs the landlord baron for a plot of land to rent. The Baron grants the request, but only for a barren, rocky, useless acreage. The pair struggle to make do on this land, but then the Baron demands that Maria leave her husband to serve as wet nurse to his married daughter Anya's new baby, on threat of eviction. While nursing the daughter's baby, Maria receives unwelcome attentions from the daughter's husband, and a scandal erupts, ruining Maria in her husband's eyes. When she escapes from her employers and seeks to return home, the police give her the yellow passport signifying a prostitute, further degrading her. She approaches home, unsure of the reception that awaits her.

Top Cast

Anna Sten
Anna Sten Maria, young farmer's wife
Ivan Koval-Samborskiy
Ivan Koval-Samborskiy Jacob
Sofya Yakovleva
Sofya Yakovleva Katerina
Mikhail Narokov
Mikhail Narokov Belsky
Anel Sudakevich
Anel Sudakevich Anya, Belsky's daughter
Vladimir Fogel
Vladimir Fogel Anya's husband
Pyotr Baksheyev
Pyotr Baksheyev Doorman
Nikolai Batalov
Nikolai Batalov Maria's countryman

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