Closely Watched Trains (1966)
- Original title
- Ostře sledované vlaky
- Directed by
- Jiří Menzel
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rated
- 15+
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 273 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young railway apprentice works at a station in German occupied Czechoslovakia during World War Two. He deals with the everyday humor and awkwardness of life while the war carries on around him.
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What happens
Closely Watched Trains (Czech: Ostře sledované vlaky) is a 1966 Czechoslovak coming-of-age comedy film. Directed by Jiří Menzel, it is one of the best-known films of the Czechoslovak New Wave. It was released in the United Kingdom as Closely Observed Trains. It is a story about a young man working at a train station in German-occupied Czechoslovakia during World War II. The film is based on a 1965 novella by Bohumil Hrabal. It was produced by Barrandov Studios and filmed on location in Central Bohemia. Released outside Czechoslovakia during 1967, it received widespread acclaim and won the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 40th Academy Awards in 1968. Nowadays the movie is assessed as one of the finest works of the Czech New Cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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