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.

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.

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.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
RSDL
Full Frame - 1.33
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: U.S. Theatrical Trailer

Vaclav Neckar: Czechoslovakian Actor
Vladimir Valenta: CZECH ACTOR

Jiri Menzel: Czech Director

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