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Overview

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7.9/10   3,316 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Bohumil Hrabal (novel) and
Bohumil Hrabal (screenplay)
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Release Date:
18 November 1966 (Czechoslovakia) more
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Plot:
A young man follows his father's footsteps and joins the railway company, where he learns the job and has his first affair... more | full synopsis
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Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations more
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(2 articles)
Choosing Hedonism Over History
 (From IFC. 24 February 2009, 5:32 AM, PST)

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Highly over rated Czech New Wave 60's comedy noir more (27 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Václav Neckár ... Milos Hrma
Josef Somr ... Hubicka
Vlastimil Brodský ... Zednicek
Vladimír Valenta ... Max
Alois Vachek ... Novak
Ferdinand Kruta ... Uncle Noneman
Jitka Scoffin ... Masa (as Jitka Bendová)
Jitka Zelenohorská ... Zdenka
Nada Urbánková ... Victoria Freie
Libuse Havelková ... Max's wife
Kveta Fialová ... The countess
Pavla Marsálková ... Mother
Milada Jezková ... Zdenka's mother
Zuzana Minichova
Václav Fiser ... Plasterer (as V. Fiser)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Closely Observed Trains (UK)
Closely Watched Trains (USA)
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Runtime:
93 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Trivia:
In the opening sequence, the "German" tank shown during the anecdote about Janos' grandfather is a Soviet SU-152 "tank killer" of WWII vintage. more
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Continuity: The blanket covering the stamped girl changes between shots. more
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Highly over rated Czech New Wave 60's comedy noir, 13 September 2009
4/10
Author: rboon33455 from Llandudno, Wales

This is a highly acclaimed 60's new wave movie that won the Oscar for best foreign language film. It established the reputation of film director, Jiri Menzel, and is considered to be one of the very best Czech films ever made. However, embracing the possibility that this may ruin my status as a reviewer for ever, I believe its undeserved reputation significantly underestimates Czech cinema.

The film has a dreamlike quality which emphasises the bumbling sexual innocence of the main character, the Railway Despatcher's Apprentice,Milo, and which gives the unexpected dramatic ending real force.However, it is only then that the grim reality of the Nazi dominated world in which the film is set is really acknowledged. Milo is also an apprentice in the important matter of life and on one level this is a coming of age film. However, the visual sexual innuendo now seems very obvious and clichéd. None of its cardboard characters are really developed and Closely Observed Trains seems very much like a slow paced version of a British "Carry On" film. Like them it feels very dated. My partner was so bored she walked out half way through it. If you want to see a really good Czech film check out the short but superb,"Most"

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