Wolf Trap
1958 · 92 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 129 VOTES · DIR. 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.
Dialogue Timeline — 650 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:22 WOLF TRAP
00:05:54 Right. Take one.
00:09:34 I'll watch your progress every day, Jana
00:12:43 ...
00:15:29 And I never shall be thine
00:18:42 But that might be so long!
00:22:54 I shall die here without you.
00:26:08 And you'll be there?
00:28:38 Our father which art...
00:31:27 So... You dare to criticise me?
00:34:37 Is your mother not well?
00:39:58 Stepfather can't be far away.
00:45:37 - And our Opava flat? - Ah, the flat
00:47:46 I’ll pay for your rotten lamp.
00:53:55 Go on playing.
00:56:54 Not with me
01:00:33 Too dull! Something a lot brighter.
01:03:46 Time you learned your lesson, my lady.
01:08:47 At last we can live like a normal family.
01:12:06 Heavens! You're a fine pair.
01:15:40 Lives in Brno
01:18:31 Tomorrow, the van will be here.
01:22:23 Now shout, fine lady. Now rage and curse.
01:29:14 Subtitles: Amnesiac, Corvusalbus