Closely Watched Trains
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Closely Watched Trains is a 1966 Czechoslovak coming-of-age tragicomedy film directed by Jiří Menzel, acclaimed for its subtle humor and humanist portrayal of life in a small railway station during World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Czechoslovak film
ⓘ
film ⓘ tragicomedy film ⓘ |
| academyAwardCategory | Best Foreign Language Film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Bohumil Hrabal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Closely Watched Trains (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Jaroslav Kučera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Jiří Menzel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | theatrical film ⓘ |
| editedBy | Jiří Brožek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age
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drama film ⓘ tragicomedy ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Czech ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Miloš Hrma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Jiří Šust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTone |
subtle humor
ⓘ
tragicomedy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of life at a provincial railway station
ⓘ
humanist portrayal of ordinary people ⓘ subtle, understated humor ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Czech ⓘ |
| partOfMovement | Czechoslovak New Wave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Československý státní film ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | railway dispatcher apprentice ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1965 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| representedCountryAtOscars | Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 93 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Jiří Menzel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | small railway station ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| starred |
Jitka Bendová
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Josef Somr NERFINISHED ⓘ Vlastimil Brodský NERFINISHED ⓘ Václav Neckář NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
coming of age
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everyday life under Nazism ⓘ humanism ⓘ sexual awakening ⓘ war and occupation ⓘ |
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