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Closely Watched Trains(1966)
Comedy, Drama, War • 1h 33m

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

Overview

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
Novel
Bohumil Hrabal

Backgrounds (11)

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