Closely Watched Trains
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.
- Director
- Jiří Menzel
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Action
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Cast
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13 billed performers
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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.
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- Release date
- Nov 18, 1966
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- Czech, German
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
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