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.

• Jiří MenzelScreenplay
• Jiří MenzelDirector
• Jiří ŠustOriginal Music Composer
• Bohumil HrabalScreenplay

• Václav NeckářTrainee Milos Hrma
• Jitka ScoffinConducteress Masa
• Vladimír ValentaStationmaster Max
• Libuše HavelkováMax's wife
• Josef SomrTrain dispatcher Hubicka
• Alois VachekNovak
• Jitka ZelenohorskáZdenka
• Vlastimil BrodskýCounselor Zednicek
• Ferdinand KrůtaMasa's Uncle Noneman
• Květa FialováThe countess
• Naďa UrbánkováVictoria Freie
• Jiří MenzelDr. Brabec