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.

1966

Comedy·Drama·War

1h 33min

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Top Billed Cast

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 Hálek
Miloslav Homola
Pavla Maršálková
Mutter
Milada Ježková
Zdenka's mother

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