Closely Watched Trains (Film), released 1966 — adapted from Closely Watched Trains by Bohumil Hrabal.
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.
Starring Václav Neckář, Jitka Scoffin, Vladimír Valenta, Libuše Havelková, Josef Somr.
Directed by Jiří Menzel.
