Closely Watched Trains (1966)

Name: Closely Watched Trains
Genre: Drama, Comedy, War
Released: 1966-11-18
Cast: Vladimír Valenta, Josef Abrhám, Josef Somr, Jiří Menzel, Květa Fialová

Drama Comedy War

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

Release Date:	1966, November 18
Directors:	Jiří Menzel
Countries:	Czechoslovakia
Production:	Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast:	Vladimír Valenta, Josef Abrhám, Josef Somr, Jiří Menzel, Květa Fialová, Libuše Havelková, Vlastimil Brodský, Milada Ježková, Ferdinand Krůta, Václav Neckář, Jitka Zelenohorská, Pavla Maršálková

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book coming of age world war ii sexual awakening railroad czech resistance czech new wave

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Critics Rating:	72

Closely Watched Trains (1966)

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