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Movie Description
A reflective, unprepossessing drama about the coming of age of an unambitious young man working as a train dispatcher during the Second World War. Very typical of the Czech New Wave's interest in innocents tragically caught in the crossfire of history. Academy Awards: Best Foreign Language Film.
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 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.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Pan & Scan - 1.33
RSDL
Additional Release Material:
Trailer - 1. U.S. Theatrical Trailer
Has easy-view enhanced subtitles.
Presented by Carlo Ponti.
The films title comes from designation given the German munitions trains that traveled through Czechoslovakia during WWII.
Industry Reviews
"...An understated tragicomedy....The characters are drawn with naturalistic humor....Menzel sets in motion an act of subversion that is matter-of-fact in its drama..."
Los Angeles Times - Mark Chalon Smith (03/22/1991)
"[T]his Oscar-winning black comedy is a real treat....Funny and subversive."
Total Film - Jamie Russell (04/01/2004)
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