Director: Jiri Menzel
Year: 1966
Country: Czechoslovakia
Language: Czech
Subtitles: Czech | German
Length: 93 mins
Format: PAL | R2
Colour: Black & White
Aspect Ratio: 1.33: 1
Certificate: 15
Alternate Title: Ostre sledovane vlaky | Closely Observed Trains

Synopsis

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. Wry and tender Closely Watched Trains is a masterpiece of human observation and one of the best-loved films of the Czech New Wave.