Jarmila Glazarová

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.

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.

…Накануне своей свадьбы трагически погиб молодой лесоруб Ян. Много горя хлебнула его возлюбленная Франтишка, оставшись с «незаконным» — внебрачным — ребёнком на руках. Погналась она за призрачным счастьем — согласилась стать женой старого, но богатого вдовца Подешвы, и жизнь её превратилась в сплошные муки и унижения. Лютой ненавистью, нескрываемой злобой встретила новую хозяйку дома Розина. Она жила здесь с давних пор на правах экономки Подешвы, но на самом деле была его любовницей. Розина досаждала Франтишке на каждом шагу и поедом ела её сынишку — маленького Метудека. Когда Подешва сватался к Франтишке, он обещал любить ребёнка, как своего родного сына. Ничего не осталось теперь от этих обещаний! Розина натравливала Подешву и против его жены и против мальчика…