The childless family of the veterinarian and mayor of a small town, Robert Rýdl, and his much older wife, Klára, is joined by an orphaned girl, Jana. The girl is grateful for her new home but she slowly begins to feel a strange atmosphere that reigns in the house. Klára brought her property into the marriage and loves her husband with a possessive and stifling love. The emotionally suffering Robert falls in love with Jana. When he realizes that the girl returns his love, he uses the offer for a business trip to Opava to run away from the insoluble problem. Jana is unhappy, she is afraid of the two spiteful maids and discovers the bad side of Klára's outwardly kind nature. The two women pay a visit to Robert in Opava. They are walking in the town and something unpleasant happens. Rýdl's acquaintances think that Jana is his wife and Klára his mother-in-law. Robert Rýdl runs away again, this time to Prague. He leaves Jana alone with Klára who has fallen seriously ill and finally dies. Robert is free but his previous cowardly behaviour destroyed Jana's love. The girl leaves Robert right after the funeral.
starosta Robert Rýdl
Klára, Rýdlova manželka
Jana, schovanka Rýdlových
rodinný lékař
Schillingerová
služka Petronila
služka Martina
Gertruda, Robertova neteř
Frýdecký
soused, majitel koloniálu
prezident Vačkář
poslanec
dr.Valenta
poslanec v Opavě
vedoucí obchodu v Opavě
muž podobný Robertovi
polír
účastník pohřbu
Milan Kadlec
Jarmila Glazarová (Vlčí jáma – román)
Václav Štědronský
Ota Janeček (umělecká spolupráce), Oldřich Okáč
František Belfín (FISYO)
Úzká ulička
Jiří Srnka (Úzká ulička)
Miroslav Doležal (Úzká ulička)
Vlčí jáma
Wolf Trap
film
feature
drama
Czechoslovakia
1957
1957
23 May 1958
Feix – Daniel, František Daniel, Karel Feix
long
95 min
Czech
Event: Anketa kubánské Asociace filmových a divadelních kritiků
1961
Havana / Cuba
Festival: Mezinárodní filmový festival Mexico City
1958
Mexico City / Mexico
Festival: 19. mezinárodní filmový festival Benátky
1958
Benátky / Italy
Festival: 19. mezinárodní filmový festival Benátky
1958
Benátky / Italy
Event: Filmová anketa deníku Smena
1958
Bratislava / Czechoslovakia
Jana Brejchová
Festival: 19. mezinárodní filmový festival Benátky
1958
Benátky / Italy
Jiřina Šejbalová
Festival: 19. mezinárodní filmový festival Benátky
1958
Benátky / Italy