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Traps (1998)

Genre : Comedy, Drama

Runtime : 2H 4M

Director : Věra Chytilová

Synopsis

After two troubled but powerful men rape a young hitchhiker who happens to be a vet, she drugs them and removes their testicles.

Actors

Tomáš Hanák
Tomáš Hanák
Petr
Miroslav Donutil
Miroslav Donutil
Dohnal
Zuzana Stivínová
Zuzana Stivínová
Lenka
Milan Lasica
Milan Lasica
Bach
Eva Holubová
Eva Holubová
Anna
Dagmar Bláhová
Dagmar Bláhová
Séfka
Karel Roden
Karel Roden
Dr. Marek
Lucie Vačkářová-Gančeva
Lucie Vačkářová-Gančeva
Bibina
David Vávra
David Vávra
Pavel
Petr Čtvrtníček
Petr Čtvrtníček
Police officer
Eva Kačírková
Eva Kačírková
Marta Richterová
Marta Richterová

Crews

Věra Chytilová
Věra Chytilová
Director
Michal Laznovsky
Michal Laznovsky
Writer
Eva Kacírková
Eva Kacírková
Writer
Věra Chytilová
Věra Chytilová
Writer
Viktor Schwarcz
Viktor Schwarcz
Producer
Jiří Chlumecký
Jiří Chlumecký
Original Music Composer
Štěpán Kučera
Štěpán Kučera
Director of Photography
Ivana Kačírková
Ivana Kačírková
Editor
František Vokřál
František Vokřál
Production Design
Tereza Kučerová
Tereza Kučerová
Costume Design
Jana Radilová
Jana Radilová
Makeup Artist

Posters and backgrounds

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