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Wolf Trap (1958)
Directed by Jiří Weiss
Overview
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.
Length 92 minutes
Actors
Miroslav Doležal | Jiřina Šejbalová | Jana Brejchová | Jaroslav Průcha | Libuše Freslová | Lola Skrbková | Anežka Soukupová | Alena Kreuzmannová | Josef Kozák | František Holar | Felix le Breux | Svatopluk Majer | Jindřich Narenta | Stanislav Langer | Oldřich Hoblík | Bohuš Hradil | Ladislav Gzela | Vladimír Navrátil