Closely Watched Trains

October. 15,1967      
Rating:
7.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Václav Neckář as  Trainee Milos Hrma
Libuše Havelková as  Max's wife
Josef Somr as  Train dispatcher Hubicka
Jitka Zelenohorská as  Zdenka
Vlastimil Brodský as  Counselor Zednicek
Květa Fialová as  The countess
Naďa Urbánková as  Victoria Freie
Jiří Menzel as  Dr. Brabec
Jiří Kodet as  

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