---
title: 'Closely Watched Trains (1966)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jiří Menzel'
released: '1966-11-18'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/closely-watched-trains-1966'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060802/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Closely Watched Trains (1966)

1966 · 92 min · Drama, Comedy · Czechoslovakia

Original title: Ostře sledované vlaky

## Synopsis

Closely Watched Trains 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jiří Menzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-menzel)
- **Screenplay:** [Jiří Menzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-menzel), [Bohumil Hrabal](https://cinepixo.com/people/bohumil-hrabal)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jiří Šust](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-sust)
- **Producer:** [Carlo Ponti](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-ponti)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jaromír Šofr](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaromir-sofr)
- **Editor:** [Jiřina Lukešová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jirina-lukesova)

## Cast

- [Miloň Novotný](https://cinepixo.com/people/milon-novotny)
- [Jiří Menzel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-menzel)
- [Václav Kotva](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-kotva)
- [Milada Ježková](https://cinepixo.com/people/milada-jezkova)
- [František Novák](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-novak)
- [Vlastimil Brodský](https://cinepixo.com/people/vlastimil-brodsky)
- [Václav Fišer](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-fiser)
- [Pavla Maršálková](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavla-marsalkova)
- [Ivan Sova](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-sova)
- [Josef Somr](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-somr)
- [Zuzana Minichová](https://cinepixo.com/people/zuzana-minichova)
- [Jiří Hálek](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-halek)
- [Antonín Pražák](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonin-prazak)
- [Alois Vachek](https://cinepixo.com/people/alois-vachek)
- [Jitka Bendová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jitka-bendova)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/closely-watched-trains-1966
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