Is Closely Watched Trains easy watching?

Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Closely Watched Trains violent?

Not especially. Less violent than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Closely Watched Trains sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Closely Watched Trains end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Closely Watched Trains scary?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Closely Watched Trains

Name: Closely Watched Trains
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Released: 1966
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Václav Neckář, Jitka Scoffin, Vladimír Valenta, Libuše Havelková, Josef Somr

All it takes to make a man of a boy is a woman.

Directed by Jiří Menzel

Produced by Filmové studio Barrandov

196693 min7.2 / 10

A wry, intimate coming-of-age comedy set against the backdrop of WWII occupation, where a young man's sexual awakening unfolds amid the mundane rhythms of a provincial railway station.

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery, encountering a universe of frustration, eroticism, and adventure within his sleepy backwater depot.

Clusters

Artists Fooling Themselves Roads and Railways Gender and Sexual Identity Nazi Germany And Resistance Historical War Movies

Genres

Comedy Drama War

Keywords

Based On Novel Or Book World War Ii Coming Of Age Railroad Sexual Awakening Czech New Wave Czech Resistance

Questions people ask

Is Closely Watched Trains easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.
Is Closely Watched Trains violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Is Closely Watched Trains sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.
Does Closely Watched Trains end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Closely Watched Trains scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

62/ 100