The Doll i s an adap tation of the no vel, The Doll (nov el) by Bolesław Prus, which is rega rded by many as one of the finest Polish novels ever written and, alo ng with Pharaoh ( novel), m ade Bo lesław Prus a potential candida te for the Nobel Pri ze in lit erature. The influence of Émile Zo la is ev ident, and some have compared the novel t o Madame Bovary by G ustave Flau bert; b oth were Prus's contempora ries. The movie, however, may be mor e compare d to Stendhal's Le Rouge et le Noir, (The Red and the Black). The Doll constit utes a pa norama of life in Warsaw betw een 1878 and 1879, and at t he same time is a subtle story of three gene rations of Polish ide alists, their psychological complications, thei r involvement in the history of t he ninetee nth centur y, social dramas, moral pro blems and the experien ce of tragic existence. At the same time this story describ es the d isintegratio n of social relationships and the growing separation of a society whose aristocrat ic eli te spreads the model s of vanity and idlen ess. In the bad air of a backwar d countr y, anti- Semitic ideas are born, val uable ind ividuals mee t ob stacles on their way, and sco undrels are successful. This poetic love story follows a nouvea u riche merchant, Stanislaw Wokulski, throu gh a series of trials and tribulations occasioned b y his obses sive passio n fo r an aristocrati c beauty, Izabela Lecka, played by the f amous P olish actress, Bea ta Tysz kiew icz. P lot As a descendant of an impoverished Polish no ble f amily, young Wokulski is force d to work as a waiter at Hopfer' s, a Wa rsaw res taurant, while dreaming of a life in sc ience. After taking part in the failed 18 63 Uprising agains t Tsarist Ru ssia, he is sentenced to exil e in Siberia . On e ventual return to Warsaw, he becomes a salesma n at Mincel's haberdas hery. Mar rying the late owner's widow (who eventually dies), he comes into money and uses it to set up a partnership with a Russian merchant he h ad met while in ex ile. The two merchants g o to Bulgaria durin g the Russo-Turkish War of 1 877-78, and Wokulski makes a fortune supplyin g the Russian Army. The ente rprising Wok ulski now proves a romantic at h eart, falling in lov e with Izabela, daug hter of the vacuous, bankru pt ar istocrat, Tomasz Łęc ki. In his quest to win Izabela, Wokulski b egins frequenting th eatres and a ristocratic salons ; and to he lp her financially distressed father , foun ds a company and sets the ar istocrats up as sh areholders in his business. The indolence of these ar istocrats, who secu re with t heir pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. His ability to make mon ey is respe cted but h is lack of family and social rank is condes cended to. Because of his help (in secret) to Izab ela's impe cunious bu t influent ial father, the girl becomes a ware of his affection. In the e nd sh e consents t o accept hi m, but wi thout true devotion or love.(wi kiped
精彩剧情/对白：“正好何叔何婶来了，我就直接了吧。今儿个我们家去何 家，为两个事情。一个是 我要开做鱼的店，想要和何家合作，需要 鱼的供应。还有一个， 就是我大哥和何家姑娘的亲 事。今儿个正好这何杏花也在何家，自然是知道这么些事情的。事情都谈好了，我们要回去，何杏花把 我们拦了下来，在背后 何家的不是，让我们 顾家别和何家结亲。”
“去吧，先去看看 乔木吧，他赡不轻，身边要是没有一个看着他的人， 心里指不定怎么不舒服呢，这病聊人，心里头最容易 难过，何况乔木这孩子，从 就过的苦的，平日里倒是没有什么表现，这如今伤成这样，指不定更是容易 难过了。”
“往后你和聚贤楼的姐成了亲，她的意思是 家里会出院子让 你们在城 里住，娘跟着过去 ，反而讨嫌，也让你们过的不好。这城里的姐，娇 气，伺候不了我，而且城里我住不惯 ，我就喜欢这村子里了，所以也不去 打扰你了， 你若是想娘了，可以把娘接 过去住几日。”
“行人当街遭抢劫，许北尾随其后，找准时 机英雄救美。真是厉害，这么一来，和女人的 拉拉扯扯可以解释了， 为什么在楼道里也可以 解释了，这么一出先入为主的操作，除非对家拿到楼道的监控，不然不可能说的明白。想要勒索，也无从下手了。”
“克里昂先生，我并不喜欢你，请你以后不要 再把心思花在我身上，你 今天这样的行为，我感到非 常困扰，你只求自己快乐，却把我置于不义的境地，你女朋 友海娜会因此 迁怒于我，还是说，你就是想要 挑起女孩子们的战争，来满足你的成就感？”
