Closely Watched Trains (1966)
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
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, War
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jiří Menzel, Jiří Menzel, Bohumil Hrabal
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 from 281 votes
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
- Jitka Zelenohorská as Zdenka
- Vlastimil Brodský as Counselor Zednicek
- Ferdinand Krůta as Masa's Uncle Noneman
- Květa Fialová as The countess
- Naďa Urbánková as Victoria Freie
- Jiří Menzel as Dr. Brabec