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Closely Watched Trains (1966)

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Reviews Counted:45

Fresh:40

Rotten:5

Average Rating:7.2/10

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... [More]

Starring: Vaclav Neckar, Jitka Bendova, Vladimir Valenta

Director: Jiri Menzel

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Sep 18, 2001

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10/20/09

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9/18/09

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3/24/09

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3/16/09

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3/1/09

90%

Had an instantaneous reaction to this one, probably one of the best films I've seen in recent... More

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2/24/09

60%

Peter Brook�s adaptation of Lord of the Flies is hardly melodramatic and even disturbing in... More

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2/17/09

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2/8/09

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9/21/08

70%

Part office hijinx comedy, part coming-of-age drama, part social revolution politi-thriller,... More

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9/5/08

70%

Closely Watched Trains was kind of a shock to watch. I would never have expected a coming-of-age... More

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8/18/08

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3/24/08

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12/30/07

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12/9/07

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12/3/07

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