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Closely Watched Trains (Czech: Ostře sledované vlaky) is a 1966 Czechoslovak coming-of-age comedy film. Directed by Jiří Menzel, it is one of the best-known films of the Czechoslovak New Wave. It was released in the United Kingdom as Closely Observed Trains. It is a story about a young man working at a train station in German-occupied Czechoslovakia during World War II. The film is based on a 1965 novella by Bohumil Hrabal. It was produced by Barrandov Studios and filmed on location in Central Bohemia. Released outside Czechoslovakia during 1967, it received widespread acclaim and won the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 40th Academy Awards in 1968. Nowadays the movie is assessed as one of the finest works of the Czech New Cinema.
- Director
- Jiří Menzel
- Writer
- Jiří Menzel · Bohumil Hrabal
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- Release date
- 18 November 1966 · Released
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Country of origin
- Czechoslovakia
- Languages
- Czech, German
- Genres
- Drama · Comedy
- Also known as
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- Deutsch
- Liebe nach Fahrplan
- Español
- Trenes rigurosamente vigilados
- Français
- Trains étroitement surveillés
- Italiano
- Treni strettamente sorvegliati
- 日本語
- 厳重に監視された列車
- 한국어
- 가까이서 본 기차
- Polski
- Pociągi pod specjalnym nadzorem
- Themes
- World War II ↗
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