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Closely Watched Trains
1966 7.3 (231 votes) 1h 33m
Genres
Comedy Drama War
Production Companies
Filmové studio Barrandov

Closely Watched Trains (Ostře sledované vlaky)

All it takes to make a man of a boy is a woman.

Overview

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery, encountering a universe of frustration, eroticism, and adventure within his sleepy backwater depot.

Key Crew

Screenplay: Jiří Menzel, Bohumil Hrabal

Director: Jiří Menzel

Director of Photography: Jaromír Šofr

Top Cast

Václav Neckář
Václav Neckář

Trainee Milos Hrma

Jitka Scoffin

Conducteress Masa

Vladimír Valenta

Stationmaster Max

Libuše Havelková
Libuše Havelková

Max's wife

Josef Somr
Josef Somr

Train dispatcher Hubicka

Alois Vachek

Novak

Jitka Zelenohorská
Jitka Zelenohorská

Zdenka

Vlastimil Brodský
Vlastimil Brodský

Counselor Zednicek

Videos

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