Film

Closely Watched Trains

1966 · 1h 33m · Comedy · Drama · War

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

IMDb

7.6

Rotten Tomatoes

90%

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.

Václav Neckář

Trainee Milos Hrma

Jitka Scoffin

Conducteress Masa

Vladimír Valenta

Stationmaster Max

Libuše Havelková

Max's wife

Josef Somr

Train dispatcher Hubicka

Alois Vachek

Novak

Jitka Zelenohorská

Zdenka

Vlastimil Brodský

Counselor Zednicek

Ferdinand Krůta

Masa's Uncle Noneman

Květa Fialová

The countess

Naďa Urbánková

Victoria Freie

Jiří Menzel

Dr. Brabec

Václav Fišer

Karel Hovorka

Jiří Kodet

František Husák

• Jiří MenzelDirector · Screenplay
• Bohumil HrabalNovel · Screenplay
• Bohumil ŠmídaExecutive Producer
• Jaromír ŠofrDirector of Photography
• Jiří ŠustOriginal Music Composer
• Jiřina LukešováEditor

Closely Watched Trains - Trailer

Release date

November 18, 1966

Status

Released

Original language

Czech

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

15+

Genres

Comedy, Drama, War

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