Wolf Trap

Wolf Trap

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🎞️ Movie 90 min CZ
โ˜… 6.9 /10 1958

The title of this highly-regarded Czech drama translates as Wolf Trap. Set in the 1920s, the story revolves around an ambitious young provincial politician (Miroslav Dolozai) who enters into a marriage of convenience with a smotheringly possessive -- and much older -- woman (Jirina Sejbavola). Hoping to temporarily escape his overbearing wife's clutches, the husband strikes up a friendship with her young ward (Jana Brejchova). The relationship blossoms into a deep abiding love, but the jellyfish husband can't bring himself to declare his ardor to the girl. Even after the death of the wife, the husband hasn't the intestinal fortitude to admit his passion, and the results are bleak indeed for the unfortunate ward. Director Jiri Weiss does a masterful job staging his story of frustration and denial against a backdrop of post-WWI bourgeois banality.

Cast

Jiřina Šejbalová
Jiřina Šejbalová
Klara
Jana Brejchová
Jana Brejchová
Jana
Miroslav Doležal
Miroslav Doležal
Robert
Jaroslav Průcha
Jaroslav Průcha
Doktor
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Libuse Freslová
Paní Schillingerová
Lola Skrbková
Lola Skrbková
Petronila
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Anežka Soukupová
Martina
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Alena Kreuzmannová
Gertruda
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Josef Kozák
Pan Frýdecký
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František Holar
Neighbour
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Jiří Srnka
Composer
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Václav Hanuš
Cinematographer