Movie
Closely Watched Trains (1966)
- 1h 33m
- ★ 7.2 (276 votes)
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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Closely Watched Trains trailer
Cast
- Václav Neckář as Trainee Milos Hrma
- Jitka Scoffin as Conducteress Masa
- Vladimír Valenta as Stationmaster Max
- Libuše Havelková as Max's wife
- Josef Somr as Train dispatcher Hubicka
