Wolf Trap (film)

Wolf Trap
Wolf Trap
	File:Wolf Trap poster.jpg Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jiří Weiss
Written by	Jiří Weiss; Jiří Brdečka
Based on	Vlčí jáma; by Jarmila Glazarová
Starring	Miroslav Doležal; Jiřina Šejbalová; Jana Brejchová
Cinematography	Václav Hanuš
Edited by	Miroslav Hájek
Music by	Jiří Srnka
Production; company	Filmové studio Barrandov
Distributed by	Ústřední půjčovna filmů
Release date	23 May 1958;
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

Wolf Trap (Czech: Vlčí jáma) is a 1957 Czech drama film by Jiří Weiss, based on the 1938 Jarmila Glazarová's novel of the same name.^[1]

Plot

Orphaned 18-year-old girl Jana comes to live with a childless couple – Robert and Klára, his much older wife. Robert falls in love with Jana.

Production

The film was shot in Sobotka and Stromovka park in Prague. Interior scenes were shot in Hostivař Studios. The first choice for the role of Jana was an actress Jana Rybářová, who committed suicide before the start of the shooting.

Cast

Miroslav Doležal as Mayor Robert Rýdl
Jiřina Šejbalová as Klára Rýdlová
Jana Brejchová as Jana, their foster daughter
Jaroslav Průcha as Family physician
Libuše Freslová as Schillingerová
Lola Skrbková as Maid Petronila
Alena Kreuzmannová as Gertruda
Josef Kozák as Frýdecký
František Holar as Grocer

Awards and nominations

Venice Film Festival

Won: FIPRESCI Award
Won: New Cinema Award
Won: Special Jury Award for Jiřina Šejbalová
Nominated: Golden Lion

References

^ "Wolf Trap". Filmový přehled. NFA. Retrieved March 7, 2020.

External links

Wolf Trap at IMDb

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