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Closely Watched Trains

All it takes to make a man of a boy is a woman.

Not Rated Comedy Drama War

Starring: Václav Neckář, Jitka Scoffin, Vladimír Valenta, Libuše Havelková, Josef Somr

Writer: Jiří Menzel, Bohumil Hrabal, Ladislav Fikar, Bohumil Hrabal

Release Date:
November 18, 1966
Ratings:
7.2 / 10
Director:
Jiří Menzel
Companies:
Filmové studio Barrandov

Overview

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.