Closely Watched Trains

Name: Closely Watched Trains
Director: Jiří Menzel
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Released: 1966
Duration: 93 min

1h 33m · 1966 · Directed by Jiří Menzel · 3.9 / 5 on Letterboxd

Closely Watched Trains (1966) runs 1h 33m, directed by Jiří Menzel. It is one of 3,647 films in the 100 Minute Movies catalog — every one rated 3.0 or higher by Letterboxd members and short enough to finish in an evening.

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.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, War

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