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This series is exploring the Czech New Wave as well as the other filmmakers of that period.

The films will be in chronological order as much as possible.

Closely Watched Trains

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.

• Year:
• 1966
• Runtime:
• 93 minutes
• Language:
• Czech, German
• Director:
• Jiří Menzel
• Screenwriter:
• Jiří Menzel, Bohumil Hrabal
• Executive Producer:
• Bohumil Šmída
• Cast:
• Václav Neckář, Jitka Scoffin, Vladimír Valenta
• Cinematographer:
• Jaromír Šofr
• Editor:
• Jiřina Lukešová
• Production Design:
• Oldřich Bosák
• Composer:
• Jiří Šust