Closely Watched Trains
A shy railway apprentice in Nazi‑occupied Czechoslovakia sets out to shed his innocence and claim his first love, only to have his bumbling attempts tangled with the dangerous realities of wartime espionage and a restless underground movement.
“All it takes to make a man of a boy is a woman.”
Synopsis
Set at a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, the story follows a clumsy dispatcher’s apprentice who is eager to escape his state of virginity. Unaware of the war and the resistance activity around him, the young man begins a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery, experiencing a world filled with frustration, eroticism, and adventure within the quiet confines of his small depot.
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Edited by Jirina LukesovaShot by Jaromir Sofr
Also known as
- Liebe nach Fahrplande
- Scharf beobachtete Zügede
- Closely Watched Trainsen
- Trenes rigurosamente vigiladoses
- Trains étroitement surveillésfr
- Treni strettamente sorvegliatiit
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Cast & Crew
15 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Vaclav Neckar
as Milos Hrma
Josef Somr
as výpravcí Hubicka
Vlastimil Brodsky
as rada Zednícek
Vladimir Valenta
as Prednosta stanice
Alois Vachek
as stanicní pomocník Novák
Ferdinand Kruta
as fotograf Noneman, Másin strýc
Jitka Scoffin
as Mása
Jitka Zelenohorska
as Zdenicka Svatá
Nada Urbankova
as Victoria Freie
Libuse Havelkova
as Prednostová
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1Other crew
2Parents Guide
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