Closely Watched Trains
Summary:
Czech director Jiri Menzel's Closely Watched Trains (Ostre sledovane vlaky) was the recipient of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1967. In the story, based on Bohumil Hrabal's novel of the same name, Vaclav Neckar plays a Czech railroad worker during the Nazi occupation. He undergoes several philosophical changes as he becomes attracted to the Czech unde... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Vaclav Neckar - (Milos, a railroad worker)
Jitka Bendova - (Conductor Masa)
Vladimir Valenta - (Station Master Max)
Libuse Havelkova - (Max's wife)
Josef Somr - (Hubicka, a dispatcher)
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Review:
Ostre sledované vlaky is a rarity -- a internationally acknowledged masterpiece made in a Communist-dominated country at the height of the Cold War. Set in Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation, the film nonetheless has a light-hearted tone seldom found in films set in so grim a time. The protagonist, a young railway worker named Milos (Va... Continue >>
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