Comedy ·Drama ·War · Czechoslovakia · 1966 · 1h 33m

Closely Watched Trains

Ostře sledované vlaky

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Director
Jiří Menzel
Cast
Václav Neckář as Trainee Milos Hrma Jitka Scoffin as Conducteress Masa Vladimír Valenta as Stationmaster Max Libuše Havelková as Max's wife Josef Somr as Train dispatcher Hubicka Alois Vachek as Novak
Crew
Jaromír Šofr — Director of Photography Jiřina Lukešová — Editor Jiří Šust — Original Music Composer Jiří Menzel — Screenplay Bohumil Hrabal — Screenplay Bohumil Hrabal — Novel
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Closely Watched Trains — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookworld war iicoming of agerailroadsexual awakeningczech new waveczech resistance
Key Collaborators
Jiří Menzel Director Jaromír Šofr Director of Photography Jiřina Lukešová Editor Jiří Šust Original Music Composer Jiří Menzel Screenplay Bohumil Hrabal Screenplay Bohumil Hrabal Novel Oldřich Bosák Production Design Olga Dimitrovová Costume Design
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