

Closely Watched Trains
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.
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- Language
- Czech
- based on novel or book
- world war ii
- coming of age
- railroad
- sexual awakening
- czech new wave
- czech resistance
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United StatesUS
- PremiereFestival of Czechoslovak Cinema, Museum of Modern Art, NYC17 Jun 1967
- Theatrical (limited)US theatrical premiere: Festival Theater, NYC15 Oct 1967
CzechiaCZ
- Digital / OTT15+1 Sept 2020
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1615 Sept 1967
GreeceGR
- Theatricalre-release5 Aug 2004
ItalyIT
- Theatrical27 Apr 1968
NetherlandsNL
- Physical6DVD4 Oct 2005
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical1510 May 2007
XCXC
- Theatrical18 Nov 1966
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Closely Watched Trains was released on 18 November 1966.
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CinemaSerf
10/26/2025
“Milos” (Václav Neckár) is about to start his new job as a trainee dispatcher on the Czech railways, and is proudly sporting his new uniform as he proudly arrives for duty. He is to work with “Hubicka” (Josef Somr) who has a penchant for the ladies and that merely serves to remind our young man that as yet, he has only very limited experience with the opposite sex. That’s despite some obvious flirting with “Mása” (Ji…
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