

Closely Watched Trains
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1966-11-18 • 1h 33m
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.
- Directors
- Jiří Menzel
- Editors
- Jiřina Lukešová

Closely Watched Trains
Visit website1966-11-18 • 1h 33m
7.2/10 • 237
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.
- Directors
- Jiří Menzel
- Editors
- Jiřina Lukešová
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsVáclav 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
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- based on novel or bookworld war iicoming of agerailroadsexual awakeningczech new waveczech resistance