Closely Watched Trains (1966)
Closely Watched Trains (1966)
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Plot.
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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RentCurrently Closely Watched Trains is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel, Apple TV
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Václav Neckář
Milos Hrma
Josef Somr
Výpravcí Hubicka
Vlastimil Brodský
Rada Zednícek
Vladimír Valenta
Prednosta stanice
Alois Vachek
Stanicní pomocník Novák
Ferdinand Krůta
Fotograf Noneman, Másin strýc
Jitka Scoffin
Mása
Jitka Zelenohorská
Zdenicka Svatá
Květa Fialová
The countess
Naďa Urbánková
Victoria Freie
Libuše Havelková
Prednostová
Jiří Menzel
Director
Bohumil Hrabal
Writer
Zdeněk Oves
Producer
Jaromír Šofr
Cinematographer
Jiřina Lukešová
Editor
Pavla Maršálková
Mutter
Milada Ježková
Zdenka's mother
Miloň Novotný
Priest
Josef Abrhám
Priest (voice)
Jiří Šust
Original Music Composer
Olga Dimitrovová
Costume Design
Jiří Cvrček
Set Decoration
Jiří Pavlík
Sound
Bohumil Kouba
First Assistant Director
Jana Novotná
Script
Václav Nývlt
Dramaturgy
Jaromír Hník
Camera Operator
Vojtěch Kuthan
Assistant Camera
Oldřich Bosák
Production Design
Bohumil Nový
Assistant Production Design
Jiří Drégr
Props
Vladimír Ježek
Props
Jaroslav Holub
Costumer
Růžena Bulíčková
Costumer
Miloslav Koubek
Makeup & Hair
Libuše Švejdová
Makeup & Hair
Štěpánka Stříbrná
Assistant Editor
Otakar Jiříček
Unit Production Manager
Jaroslav Vágner
Unit Production Manager
Ctibor Jeřábek
Assistant Production Manager
Jiří Stach
Still Photographer
Štěpán Koníček
Conductor
Ladislav Fikar
Creative Producer
Bohumil Šmída
Executive Producer
Miloslav Homola
Vladimír Hrabánek
Jiří Kodet
František Husák
Vratislav Blažek
Bohumil Cajthaml
Karel Paták
Vlasta Kahovcová
Jaroslav Toms
František Marek
Jana Hana Duffková
František Golyšev
Milan Frkal
Václav Fišer
Karel Hovorka
Zdeňka Tichá
Josef Vondráček
Mahulena Kulendíková
Antonín Pražák
Ivan Sova
Dagmar Zikánová
Bohumil Koška
Pavel Landovský
František Novák
Václav Kotva
Emil Iserle
Zuzana Minichová
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 18, 1966
Original NameOstře sledované vlaky
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 33m
Filming LocationsLoděnice, Czech Republic
Genres
Wiki.
Closely Watched Trains (Czech: Ostře sledované vlaky) is a 1966 Czechoslovakian comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel and 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 coming-of-age 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 novel by Bohumil Hrabal. It was produced by Barrandov Studios and filmed on location in Central Bohemia. Released outside Czechoslovakia during 1967, it won the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 40th Academy Awards in 1968.
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