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Closely Watched Trains (1966)

★ 7.2/10 93 min Comedy, Drama, War Czechoslovakia Czech
Director: Jiří Menzel
Novel: Bohumil Hrabal
Screenplay by: Jiří Menzel, Bohumil Hrabal
Creative Producer: Ladislav Fikar
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All it takes to make a man of a boy is a woman.

Description

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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Václav Neckář
Václav Neckář Trainee Milos Hrma
Jitka Scoffin Conducteress Masa
Vladimír Valenta Stationmaster Max
Libuše Havelková
Libuše Havelková Max's wife
Josef Somr
Josef Somr Train dispatcher Hubicka
Alois Vachek Novak
Jitka Zelenohorská
Jitka Zelenohorská Zdenka
Vlastimil Brodský
Vlastimil Brodský Counselor Zednicek

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