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Closely Watched Trains (Czech: Ostře Sledované Vlaky) is a 1966 Czechoslovakian New Wave coming-of-age comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel and is one of the best-known films of the Czechoslovak New Wave. It was released in the United Kingdom as Closely Observed Trains.
Mar 11, 2021 · A Czechoslovak film directed by Jiří Menzel - is one of the best-known products of the Czechoslovak New Wave. It was released in the United Kingdom as Closely Observed Trains. It is a...
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Watch the Academy Award-winning film by Jiri Menzel, set in a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia. Follow the sexual awakening and self-discovery of a young man amid war and resistance.
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Jun 20, 2018 · Subscribed. 656. 84K views 6 years ago. A bumbling railroad dispatcher joins the resistance in World War II to impress the girls. ...more.
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Wayne K Part of the illustrious Czechoslovakian New Wave of cinema that emerged in the mid 20th century, Closely Watched Trains is set during wartime, but its much more of a personal story, where...
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Wry and tender, Academy Award™-winning Closely Watched Trains is a masterpiece of human observation and one of the best-loved films of the Czech New Wave. At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity.
A young apprentice railroader fails to make love with a conductress and tries to kill himself. He becomes a hero by blowing up a Nazi ammunition train after finding a new lover.