Closely Watched Trains • 1968 Oscar Winner for Best Foreign Language Film

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. Wry and tender, Academy Award–winning CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS is a masterpiece of human observation and one of the best-loved films of the Czech New Wave.

The dialogue is in Czech with English subtitles.

Release Date: November 18, 1966 Running time: 92 minutes

Directed by Jiří Menzel • 1966 • Czechoslovakia

Starring Václav Neckář, Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodský

Written by: Bohumil Hrabal and Jiri Menzel