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

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)

Trailer

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