Movie poster for Closely Watched Trains
TMDb Rating
7.2/10

257 verified votes

Closely Watched Trains (1966)

ComedyDramaWar
93 min

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

Plot Summary

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.

Director

Jiří Menzel

Top Cast

Václav NeckářJitka ScoffinVladimír ValentaLibuše HavelkováJosef Somr

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