
Closely Watched Trains
All it takes to make a man of a boy is a woman.
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.
- Year: 1966
- Country: Czechoslovakia
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
- Studio: Filmové studio Barrandov
- Keyword: based on novel or book, world war ii, coming of age, railroad, sexual awakening, czech new wave, czech resistance
- Director: Jiří Menzel
- Cast: Václav Neckář, Jitka Scoffin, Vladimír Valenta, Libuše Havelková, Josef Somr, Alois Vachek