Wolf Trap

Wolf Trap

Genres

Drama

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Runtime

92 mins

Rating

5.2/10

Release Date

23 May 1958

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

Miroslav Doležal

Miroslav Doležal

Jiřina Šejbalová

Jiřina Šejbalová

Jana Brejchová

Jana Brejchová

Jaroslav Průcha

Jaroslav Průcha

Libuše Freslová

Libuše Freslová

Lola Skrbková

Lola Skrbková

Anežka Soukupová

Anežka Soukupová

Alena Kreuzmannová

Alena Kreuzmannová

Josef Kozák

Josef Kozák

František Holar

František Holar

Felix le Breux

Felix le Breux

Svatopluk Majer

Svatopluk Majer

Jindřich Narenta

Jindřich Narenta

Stanislav Langer

Stanislav Langer

Oldřich Hoblík

Oldřich Hoblík

Bohuš Hradil

Bohuš Hradil

Ladislav Gzela

Ladislav Gzela

Vladimír Navrátil

Vladimír Navrátil

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