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Closely Watched Trains
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ostře sledované vlaky, Closely Observed Trains
1966 Czechoslovak film directed by Jiří Menzel
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7.2At 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.
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
Themes
- based on novel or book
- world war ii
- coming of age
- railroad
- sexual awakening
- czech new wave
- czech resistance
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jiří Menzel
- Screenplay by
- Bohumil Hrabal , Jiří Menzel
- Based on
- Closely Watched Trains , 1965 novella, by Bohumil Hrabal
- Produced by
- Zdeněk Oves
- Starring
- Václav Neckář , Jitka Bendová, Josef Somr , Vlastimil Brodský , Vladimír Valenta
- Cinematography
- Jaromír Šofr
- Edited by
- Jiřina Lukešová
- Music by
- Jiří Šust
- Production companies
- Barrandov Studios , Československý film
- Distributed by
- Ústřední půjčovna filmů
- Release date
- 18 November 1966 ( 1966-11-18 )
- Running time
- 92 minutes
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Languages
- Czech , German
- Box office
- $1,500,000 (US/ Canada)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- Czechoslovakia
- Original language
- German
- Based on
- Closely Watched Trains
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Jiří Menzel
- Screenwriter
- Bohumil Hrabal
- Producer
- Carlo Ponti
- Production company
- Barrandov Studios
- Filming location
- Loděnice
- Duration
- 92
- FilmAffinity ID
- 293336
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1967-10-27
- title
- Ostře sledované vlaky
- executive producer
- Carlo Ponti
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Bohumil Hrabal
- color
- black-and-white
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- review score
- 90%
- box office
- 1500000
- Commons category
- Ostře sledované vlaky
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Encyclopedic overview
Closely Watched Trains (Czech: Ostře sledované vlaky) is a 1966 Czechoslovak coming-of-age comedy film. Directed by Jiří Menzel, it is one of the best-known films of the Czechoslovak New Wave. It was released in the United Kingdom as Closely Observed Trains. It is a story about a young man working at a train station in German-occupied Czechoslovakia during World War II. The film is based on a 1965 novella by Bohumil Hrabal. It was produced by Barrandov Studios and filmed on location in Central Bohemia. Released outside Czechoslovakia during 1967, it received widespread acclaim and won the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 40th Academy Awards in 1968. Nowadays the movie is assessed as one of the finest works of the Czech New Cinema.
Plot
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Closely Watched Trains” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.