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Closely Watched Trains - Brizljivo Cuvani Vozovi - Jiri Menzel, 82, an Oscar-Winning Czech Director Passes Away
English Title: Closely Watched Trains
Poster ID: CL38659
Category: Movies
Designer: Frantisek Zalesak
Year: 1960s
Actor / Director: Vaclav Neckar, Jitka Bendova, Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodsky, Vladimir Valenta, Alois Vachek, dir. Jirí Menzel
Film Studio: Barrandov
Country: Yugoslavian
Film Country: Czech
Approximate Size 27 x 19 inches
Condition: Very Good
Price: $330

"Mr. Menzel won international acclaim and an Oscar for his first feature, “Closely Watched Trains,” in 1966, a time when he and other directors — including Milos Forman, Vera Chytilova and Ivan Passer — tested authoritarian limits under Communism in Czechoslovakia. Mr. Menzel generally set his movies in small towns and kept them subtle and light. “Closely Watched Trains,” told of the goings-on at a sleepy station where trains passed through bringing supplies to German troops during World War II." New York Times

Keywords: Comedy,War,Literary,WWII, Frantisek Zalesak