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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   3,101 votes
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Director:
Jirí Menzel
Writers:
Bohumil Hrabal (novel) and
Bohumil Hrabal (screenplay)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
18 November 1966 (Czechoslovakia) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | War more
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
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Choosing Hedonism Over History
 (From IFC. 24 February 2009, 5:32 AM, PST)

Opening This Week: Tori Spelling does H.P. Lovecraft, Steve Coogan's sexy Jesus
 (From IFC. 18 August 2008, 6:39 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
It made me choose my profession more

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
Country:
Czechoslovakia
Language:
Czech | German
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Filming Locations:
Lodenice, Czech Republic more

Fun Stuff

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
Movie Connections:
Spoofed in "Get Smart: Closely Watched Planes (#4.3)" (1968) more

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18 out of 22 people found the following comment useful:-
It made me choose my profession, 6 October 1998
10/10

I saw this film at film-school. Ever since, I have rated this film as one of the very best, its beauty, seriousness, sensualism and cinematography. It is all black and white, but so full of life. I am myself a cinematographer today.

Try to watch it.

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