A lawyer turns judge jury and executioner and goes after a gang, led by a minister's son, that threatens women with videos of them.

　　“An ordinary story, told in such an imaginary way.  The Angel and The Devil, competing about Nikola, a twenty-and-something womanizing student of the world literature, a city's wise-guy whose cozy way of life is being roughly interrupted by impregnating Marina, a clumsy high school graduate at a party, who wants to keep the baby, while Nikola believes it's not necessary. Generations in Serbia knows to tell this film by heart, and I highly recommend it to anyone abroad because it's a great way of meeting and understanding Yugoslav pop culture.It also has an outstanding soundtrack.　　It's Srdjan Dragojevic's film-school graduation piece which shot him into instant fame."

　　改编自安东尼耶·伊沙科维奇的小说《蕨与火》。故事一：1941年4月，德军突袭，人们在塞尔维亚的火车站等待着，但火车一直没来。一个无辜者将被枪杀，米洛斯也无力救助。故事二：米洛斯被党卫军包围，他找到了弹药，又冷又饿又孤独。在废弃的墓地，他遇到了一个因为受伤而被部队离弃的游击队员。故事三：1944年秋天，一群通敌者被带到一间村屋的院子里，该处被米洛斯的部队改成了办公室。其中有一名年轻女子，米洛斯想相信她是无辜的，但她曾是德国司令的情妇。他开始疑问：是原谅还是治罪？

一个南斯拉夫女人悲惨而快乐的婚姻生活的写照：不幸的第一次婚姻、失去两个孩子并无法再生育、被丈夫赶出家里... 尽管经历了这么多的苦难和痛失， 偶而会变得有些迷信，但佩特里娅仍坚强地生活着。在埋葬她的第一个孩子时，佩特里娅和丈夫将一只活鸡一起葬在坟墓中，期望如此能令生活少一些痛苦，然而现实并不如愿...

故事发生在1830年的欧洲，帕格尼尼（大卫·葛瑞特 David Garrett 饰）是一位风流成性但极富才华的小提琴演奏家，此时，帕格尼尼正处在职业的巅峰期，在经纪人乌尔巴尼（杰瑞德·哈里斯 Jared Harris 饰）的协助之下，帕格尼尼用自己的音乐征服了整个欧洲。

美国作家彼得•尼尔（Anthony Franciosa 饰）善写恐怖惊悚小说，其作品风靡欧洲各国。不久前，意大利出版了他的最新作品——《坦妮布丽（Tenebre）》，很快他便收到一封来自罗马的信件。来信者称他从彼得的作品中得到灵感，并运用到杀人的实践中去。随后一名年轻漂亮的女子被人残忍杀害，其作案手法正与《坦妮布丽》中的杀人手法相同。　　彼得立即联系罗马警方，两名得力警探（Giuliano Gemma Carola Stagnaro 饰）随即受命调查此案。然而罪犯并未就此罢休，不断有年轻女性遇害。一时间人心惶惶，形势迫在眉睫……

　　In the time of Counter-Reformation, a miller and his son come under investigation by a priest of the Inquisition, when rumors spread that their prosperity comes from working with the Devil.　　The Devil's Trap is a film directed by František Vlá?il, based on a novel by Alfréd Technik, adapted by František A. Dvorák and Miloš Kratochvíl. It was the first of three historical dramas that Vlá?il made during the Czech New Wave (technically he isn't really a part of the New Wave, however these films were made during the same era of artistic freedom), preceding his more well known Marketa Lazarová (1967) and Valley of the Bees (1968).　　Set in the late 16th Century during the Catholic Reformation, in the Moravian Karst, situated in what is now the Eastern Czech Republic, it tells the tale of a miller (Vítezslav Vejrazka), and his son Jan (Vít Olmer), who come under suspicion and are investigated by a Jesuit priest of the Inquisition (Miroslav Macháchek), when rumors of witchcraft are spread by the local regent (Cestmír Randa), who is jealous of the miller's prosperity and degree of respect among the local populace.　　As expected from Vlá?il, this film is a stunning experience all the way through. From the opening shot, an ominous manipulation of perspective with a close up of a mangled figure of Christ dominating the foreground against a tiny figure in black walking along the horizon, to the breathtaking confrontational finale inside the vast stalactite filled Karst caverns, it is a wonderful display of visual mastery.　　Maybe not quite as impressive as Marketa Lazarová, but still full of astonishing imagery. As seen from unique angles and distinct points of view which highlight the director's remarkable sense of awareness of framing, motion, and positioning on the emotional and dramatic tone of the scene. The most memorable being a repeated shot where the camera is suspended and launched with speed through the air towards the miller's door.　　The story here is a simple one and I would say more accessible than his later works. With a conventional structure emphasized as much by its plot and characters, than by its expressionistic cinematography or authentic historical detail. The events play out without much surprise, and there is a strong underlying, almost supernatural, mysterious aspect that is left unresolved, in fact barely explored, which is slightly disappointing, but only because it's so fascinating that I wish there was more.　　Acting is great all around. Particularly the villains: Miroslav Macháchek as the priest, casting a sinister and imposing shadow wherever he goes, and Cestmír Randa as the weasel like regent behind all the persecution. While Vít Olmer brings a charismatic leading man presence in his role as the miller's son Jan, in love with the lovely orphan girl Martina (Karla Chadimová), who becomes a dangerous object of rivalry between Jan and other young men of the village.　　The film also features the evocative music of Zden?k Liška (perhaps the most prolific composer of the Czech New Wave). In this his second of eleven collaborations with Vlá?il, his compositions are used sparingly, but to great effect, complimenting but never overpowering a scene. The best example of which can be heard in an amazingly shot celebration and dance sequence at the end of the second act.　　The Devil's Trap might not be a masterpiece, but it is still a strong effort, with a fascinating straightforward story and a glorious historical setting captured beautifully by Vlá?il's unmistakable visual prowess. A fine work that would also be the perfect starter plate to prepare yourself for the challenging feast of Marketa Lazarová or The Valley of the Bees. It even has an easy to digest running time. It's therefore puzzling why this gem remains largely overlooked and ignored.

　　两个意大利士兵被卷入第一次世界大战，他们很想逃脱战争的阴霾，想了很多办法，但是现实无情，总是把他们推到荒唐而危险的境况中。在一次次偷懒成功后，他们却目睹着一次次战友们血肉模糊的战场惨状。终于一个亡故战友的妻子令两人的思想有了变化，在一次对敌行动被俘后两人被处死，但他们的长官却还以为他们照旧做了逃兵。

　　

　　Scared of life and lacking the courage to be himself, Ludovico lives hidden away in his grandmother's old apartment. One night, the wickedness of the world goes to visit him in the form of Jack, a boy who is Ludovico's age but has the opposite character: hard, determined, perhaps criminal. The forced cohabitation of two human beings who couldn't seem more different from one another turns into an initiation rite to adulthood, the discovery of their true and respective personalities. And when the harsh reality that is mercilessly stalking them appears to present the bill, they will have to face it, bolstered by a new awareness and unhoped-for courage.