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Wolf Trap (1958) [N/A]

Release Date:
May 23, 1958

Original Title:
Vlčí jáma

Alternate Titles:
O Ardil do Lobo

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Filmové studio Barrandov

Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 92

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Assistant Camera:
Josef Hanuš

Conductor:
František Belfín

Costume Design:
Ota Janeček
Ladislav Tomek

Creative Producer:
František Daniel

Director:
Jiří Weiss

Director of Photography:
Václav Hanuš

Editor:
Miroslav Hájek

Executive Producer:
Karel Feix

Makeup & Hair:
Otakar Košťál
Jiří Šimon
Anežka Kunová

Novel:
Jarmila Glazarová

Original Music Composer:
Jiří Srnka

Production Design:
Karel Škvor

Production Manager:
František Milič

Screenplay:
Jiří Brdečka

Screenstory:
Jiří Weiss

Set Decoration:
Václav Štědronský

Sound:
Miloslav Hůrka

Story:
Jiří Weiss
Jarmila Glazarová

Unit Production Manager:
Věra Kadlecová

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