Closely Watched Trains

Status:
Released
Production:
Filmové studio Barrandov
Aired:
1966-11-18
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.
Comedy
Drama
War
Characters

Václav Neckář
Trainee Milos Hrma
Jitka Scoffin
Conducteress Masa
Vladimír Valenta
Stationmaster Max

Libuše Havelková
Max's wife

Josef Somr
Train dispatcher Hubicka
Alois Vachek
Novak

Jitka Zelenohorská
Zdenka

Vlastimil Brodský
Counselor Zednicek
Ferdinand Krůta
Masa's Uncle Noneman

Květa Fialová
The countess

Naďa Urbánková
Victoria Freie

Jiří Menzel
Dr. Brabec
Václav Fišer
Karel Hovorka

Jiří Kodet

František Husák

Jiří Hálek

Miloslav Homola
Pavla Maršálková
Mutter

Milada Ježková
Zdenka's mother
Dagmar Zikánová
Bohumil Koška
Antonín Pražák
Václav Kotva
Emil Iserle
Ivan Sova
Vladimír Hrabánek
František Marek
Jana Hana Duffková
Milan Frkal
František Golyšev
Zuzana Minichová
Gustav Hrdlička
Vlasta Kahovcová
Mahulena Kulendíková

Pavel Landovský
František Novák
Vratislav Blažek
Zdeňka Tichá
Jaroslav Toms
Nora Tvrzská
Josef Vondráček
Miloň Novotný
Priest
Bohumil Cajthaml
Karel Paták

Josef Abrhám
Priest (voice)