Closely Watched Trains

Based On the book by Bohumil Hrabal

Closely Watched Trains (Czech: Ostře sledované vlaky) is a 1966 Czechoslovak coming-of-age comedy film. Directed by Jiří Menzel, it is one of the best-known films of the Czechoslovak New Wave. It was released in the United Kingdom as Closely Observed Trains. It is a story about a young man working at a train station in German-occupied Czechoslovakia during World War II. The film is based on a 1965 novella by Bohumil Hrabal.

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Release date:

November 18, 1966

Director:

Jiří Menzel

Cast:

Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodský, Václav Neckář, Jiří Menzel, Pavel Landovský

Genre:

Drama, Comedy

Country:

Czechoslovakia

Language:

Czech

Year page:

1966 in adaptations