Closely Watched Trains (1966)

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

• 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.

Rating

7.2 / 10 (282 votes)

Release date

November 18, 1966

Runtime

1h 33m

Language

CS

Director

Jiří Menzel

Status

Released