Closely Watched Trains (1966)

1966 · 93 min · Comedy, Drama, War

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.

Directed by Jiří Menzel. Starring Václav Neckář, Jitka Scoffin, Vladimír Valenta, Libuše Havelková and Josef Somr.

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