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Closely Watched Trains (1966) [N/A]

Release Date:
November 18, 1966

Original Title:
Ostře sledované vlaky

Alternate Titles:
Closely Observed Trains
Hou de Trein in het Oog
Scharf beobachtete Züge
Szigorúan Ellenőrzött Vonatok
严密看管的列车
가까이서 본 기차

Genres:
Comedy | Drama | War

Production Companies:
Filmové studio Barrandov

Production Countries:
Czechoslovakia

Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: 15+  FI: K-16  KR: 15  NL: 6 

Runtime: 93

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

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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.

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Assistant Camera:
Vojtěch Kuthan

Assistant Editor:
Štěpánka Stříbrná

Assistant Production Design:
Bohumil Nový

Assistant Production Manager:
Ctibor Jeřábek

Camera Operator:
Jaromír Hník

Conductor:
Štěpán Koníček

Costume Design:
Olga Dimitrovová

Costumer:
Jaroslav Holub
Růžena Bulíčková

Creative Producer:
Ladislav Fikar

Director:
Jiří Menzel

Director of Photography:
Jaromír Šofr

Dramaturgy:
Václav Nývlt

Editor:
Jiřina Lukešová

Executive Producer:
Bohumil Šmída

First Assistant Director:
Bohumil Kouba

Makeup & Hair:
Libuše Švejdová
Miloslav Koubek

Novel:
Bohumil Hrabal

Original Music Composer:
Jiří Šust

Production Design:
Oldřich Bosák

Production Manager:
Zdeněk Oves

Props:
Vladimír Ježek
Jiří Drégr

Screenplay:
Jiří Menzel
Bohumil Hrabal

Script:
Jana Novotná

Set Decoration:
Jiří Cvrček

Sound:
Jiří Pavlík

Still Photographer:
Jiří Stach

Unit Production Manager:
Otakar Jiříček
Jaroslav Vágner

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