Closely Watched Trains
1966 · ★ 7.3 · Dir. Jiří Menzel
All it takes to make a man of a boy is a woman.
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.
- Released
- 1966-11-18
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Language
- CS
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Václav Neckář
Trainee Milos Hrma
Josef Somr
Train dispatcher Hubicka
Vlastimil Brodský
Counselor Zednicek
Vladimír Valenta
Stationmaster Max
Alois Vachek
Novak
Ferdinand Krůta
Masa's Uncle Noneman
Jitka Scoffin
Conducteress Masa
Jitka Zelenohorská
Zdenka
Naďa Urbánková
Victoria Freie
Květa Fialová
The countess
Pavla Maršálková
Mutter
Milada Ježková
Zdenka's mother
Keywords
Based on novel or bookWorld war iiComing of ageSexual awakeningRailroadCzech new waveCzech resistance
