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The Doll is an adaptation of the novel, The Doll (novel) by Bolesław Prus, which is regarded by many as one of the finest Polish novels ever written and, along with Pharaoh (novel), made Bolesław Prus a potential candidate for the Nobel Prize in literature. The influence of Émile Zola is evident, and some have compared the novel to Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert; both were Prus's contemporaries. The movie, however, may be more compared to Stendhal's Le Rouge et le Noir, (The Red and the Black). The Doll constitutes a panorama of life in Warsaw between 1878 and 1879, and at the same time is a subtle story of three generations of Polish idealists, their psychological complications, their involvement in the history of the nineteenth century, social dramas, moral problems and the experience of tragic existence. At the same time this story describes the disintegration of social relationships and the growing separation of a society whose aristocratic elite spreads the models of vanity and idleness. In the bad air of a backward country, anti-Semitic ideas are born, valuable individuals meet obstacles on their way, and scoundrels are successful. This poetic love story follows a nouveau riche merchant, Stanislaw Wokulski, through a series of trials and tribulations occasioned by his obsessive passion for an aristocratic beauty, Izabela Lecka, played by the famous Polish actress, Beata Tyszkiewicz. Plot: As a descen dant of an im poverished Poli sh noble f amily, young Wokulski is forced to work as a wait er at Hopfer&a mp;#39;s, a Warsaw re stauran t, while d reaming o f a life in science. After taki ng part i n the fai led 1863 U prising aga inst Tsarist Russia, he is sentenc ed to exile in Siberia . On eventu al return to Warsaw , he becomes a sales man at Mincel&#3 9;s haberdashe ry. Marrying t he late ow ner's widow (w ho eventu ally di es), he comes into money and uses i t to set up a partnersh ip with a Russ ian merchant h e had met wh ile in exil e. The two mer chants go to B ulgaria during the Ru sso-Turkis h War of 1877- 78, and W okulski mak es a fortune supplying the Russian Army. T he enterpr ising Wo kulski now pro ves a roman tic at hear t, falli ng in l ove with Iza bela, da ughter o f the vacuous, bankrup t aristocrat, Tomasz Łęc ki. In his q uest to wi n Izabela , Wokulski begins frequen ting theatres a nd aristocrat ic salons; and to help her financial ly distre ssed fat her, founds a company an d sets t he aristocrat s up as shareholders i n his bu siness.Th e indolence of these aris tocrats, who secure with t heir pensions, are too lazy to undertake ne w business risks, frustrat es Wokulski . His abil ity to make money is respe cted but his l ack of fam ily and socia l rank is c ondescende d to. Because of his &quo t;help& amp;quot; ( in secret) to Izabela&#3 9;s impecu nious but infl uential father, th e girl becomes aware o f his af fection. In th e end she co nsents to accept h im, but wi thout true dev otion or lo ve.(wikiped ia)详情
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