Closely Watched Trains

(1966)Directed by Jiří Menzel93 minComedy, Drama, War
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.

Václav Neckářas Trainee Milos Hrma
JSJitka Scoffinas Conducteress Masa
VVVladimír Valentaas Stationmaster Max
Libuše Havelkováas Max's wife
Josef Somras Train dispatcher Hubicka
Vlastimil Brodskýas Counselor Zednicek
FKFerdinand Krůtaas Masa's Uncle Noneman
Květa Fialováas The countess
Naďa Urbánkováas Victoria Freie
Jiří Menzelas Dr. Brabec
Václav Fišer
Miloslav Homola
Pavla Maršálkováas Mutter
Milada Ježkováas Zdenka's mother
Dagmar Zikánová