CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS

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• Release Year: 1966
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
• Plot: 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. Wry and tender, Academy Award™-winning Closely Watched Trains is a masterpiece of human observation and one of the best-loved films of the Czech New Wave.
• Cast: Jirí Hálek, Ferdinand Kruta, Dagmar Zikánová, Jan Pech, Frantisek Marek, Jan Kotva, Jirí Kodet, Frantisek Husák, Vladimír Hrabánek, Karel Hovorka, Miroslav Homola, Václav Fiser, Milada Jezková, Pavla Marsálková, Kveta Fialová, Libuse Havelková, Nada Urbánková, Antonin Prazak, Jitka Scoffin, Jitka Zelenohorská, Alois Vachek, Vladimír Valenta, Vlastimil Brodský, Josef Somr, Václav Neckár, Jirí Menzel, Pavel Landovský, Bohumil Koska, Bohumil Hrabal, Zdenek Oves, Jaromír Sofr, Jirina Lukesová, Jirí Sust, Jirí Pavlik, Oldrich Bosák
• Director: Jirí Menzel
• Runtime: 1:33
• Company: Filmové Studio Barrandov, Janus Films, Home Vision Entertainment (HVE), The Classic Collection, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie