Closely Watched Trains (Criterion Collection) - Foreign Films Classic Movies on DVD (1966) Starring Vaclav Neckar; Directed by Jiri Menzel; Criterion : OLDIES.com

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DVD Features:

Encoding: Region 1; USA & Canada
Package Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Pan & Scan - 1.33
RSDL

Additional Release Material:

Trailer - 1. U.S. Theatrical Trailer

Major Awards:

Academy Awards - Best Foreign Language Film (1967)

Entertainment Reviews:

USA Today - 01/17/1992

"...This is one of those magic instances where tragedy and wistful comedy mesh in a remarkably seamless whole..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars

Los Angeles Times - 03/22/1991

"...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..."

Total Film - 04/01/2004

"[T]his Oscar-winning black comedy is a real treat....Funny and subversive."

Product 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.

Plot 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.

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Production Notes:

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.

Cast and Crew:

Starring		Vaclav Neckar
Directed by		Jiri Menzel
Featured		Jitka Bendova
Performer		Vladimir Valenta

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