🎬 Comedy, Drama, War

Closely Watched Trains

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

⭐ 7.2/10 1966 1h 33m Dir. Jiří Menzel

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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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7.2/10 271 votes

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Year
1966
Runtime
1h 33m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.2/10
Votes
271
Genre
Comedy, Drama, War
Director
Language
CS

Cast

🎭 Comedy 🎭 Drama 🎭 War 🎬 Jiří Menzel 👤 Václav Neckář 👤 Jitka Scoffin 👤 Vladimír Valenta
based on novel or book world war ii coming of age railroad sexual awakening czech new wave czech resistance

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Closely Watched Trains has a runtime of 1h 33m (1 hour and 33 minutes).
Closely Watched Trains was directed by Jiří Menzel and released in 1966.
Closely Watched Trains is a Comedy, Drama, War film (1966).
The cast of Closely Watched Trains includes Václav Neckář, Jitka Scoffin, Vladimír Valenta, Libuše Havelková, Josef Somr.
Closely Watched Trains has a TMDB rating of 7.2/10 based on 271 votes.

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