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]

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Wolf Trap
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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 (1958-05-23)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

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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.

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.

• 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

Venice Film Festival

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