Closely Watched Trains (1966)

All it takes to make a man of a boy is a woman.

Cast

Václav Neckář, Jitka Scoffin, Vladimír Valenta, Libuše Havelková, Josef Somr

Overview

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.