Closely Watched Trains
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. Wry and tender, Academy Award™-winning Closely Watched Trains is a masterpiece of human observation and one of the best-loved films of the Czech New Wave.
Special Features
- U.S. theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
New cover by John Gall
Special Features
- U.S. theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
New cover by John Gall
Cast
- Václav Neckář
- Milos Hrma
- Josef Somr
- Dispatcher Hubicka
- Vlastimil Brodský
- Councilor Zednicek
- Ferdinand Krůta
- Masa’s Uncle Noneman
- Alois Vachek
- Novak
- Vladimír Valenta
- Stationmaster Lanska
- Jitka Bendová
- Masa
- Jitka Zelenohorská
- Virginia Svata, the telegraphist
Credits
- Director
- Jiří Menzel
- Producer
- Dr. Zdenek Oves
- Screenplay
- Bohumil Hrabal
- Cinematography
- Jaromír Šofr
- Screenplay
- Jiří Menzel
- From the novel by
- Bohumil Hrabal
- Editing
- Jiřina Lukešová
- Art director
- Oldřich Bosák
- Set decoration
- Jiří Cvrček
- Sound
- Jiří Pavlík
- Music
- Jiří Šust
- Assistant director
- Bohumil Kouba
- Wardrobe by
- Olga Dimitrovová
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