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Closely Watched Trains (1966)

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Reviews Counted: 14

Fresh: 14

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Average Rating: 7.8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: The 1966 Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film, "Closely Watched Trains" is a charming look at the life a young train conductor during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. He is ineptly... The 1966 Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film, "Closely Watched Trains" is a charming look at the life a young train conductor during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. He is ineptly led into an erotic encounter with a beautiful girl and fails to perform. But this unlikely hero takes a stand when his village is threatened by the occupying German Army. [More]

Starring: Vaclav Neckar, Jitka Bendova, Vladimir Valenta

Starring: Vaclav Neckar, Jitka Bendova, Vladimir Valenta

Director: Jiri Menzel

Director: Jiri Menzel

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An engaging, dry satire on the the pitfalls of laziness while doubling as a character study.

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01/19/09
Gabe Leibowitz
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A note-perfect dissection of how male sexual solipsism and the world at large intersect.

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09/22/08
Tim Brayton
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Menzel's lyrical tragicomedy, which won the foreign-language Oscar, marks the end of creative freedom; it could not have been made after the Russian invasion of 1968.

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06/22/07
Emanuel Levy
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Fine, character driven drama directed by Menzel.

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05/25/07
Steve Crum
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Never letting one quite forget we're in German-occupied Czechoslovakia and bad things are bound to happen.

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02/12/07
Dennis Schwartz
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Meznel's greatest work, and indeed the pinnacle of all Czech New Wave films.

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08/22/03
Carol Cling
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Filmed in minimalist style, it's far more interesting visually than most cluttered and clunky modern Hollywood fare

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