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Closely Watched Trains

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

★ 7.2 1966 93 min ComedyDramaWar

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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Released in 1966, Closely Watched Trains sits inside the 1960s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.

Release
1966-11-18
TMDB score
7.2/10
Original language
CS
Status
Released
Production
Czechoslovakia
Studio
Filmové studio Barrandov
Topicsbased on novel or bookworld war iicoming of agerailroadsexual awakeningczech new waveczech resistance

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