Ostøe sledované vlaky

original title:
Ostøe sledované vlaky
other titles:
Closely Watched Trains, (Liebe nach Fahrplan), (Scharf beobachtete Züge)
country / year of production:
Czechoslovakia / 1966
original length:
92 min. , black/white
premiere:
18 November 1966
genre:
Comedy
based on:
Bohumil Hrabal. Ostøe sledované vlaky. Praha: Èeskoslovenský spisovatel´, 1965.
director:
Jirí Menzel
film script:
Bohumil Hrabal , Jirí Menzel
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cast (role):
Vlastimil Brodský , Václav Neckár , Josef Somr
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plot synopsis:
The film takes place during World War II in the German occupied Czechoslovakia and deals with a young man who is looking for his roots and for his own identity.
keywords:
occupation , train , resistance, opposition , home front , father-son relationship , youth during wartime
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
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remarks:
Won an "Oscar" for Best Foreign Language Film in 1968.
availability:
VHS NTSC, DVD