5.9
Verses of Love
2008
“All it takes to make a man of a boy is a woman.”
Closely Watched Trains (1966)
November 18, 19661h 33mCS
7.2
266 votes
Overview
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.
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Jiří MenzelWriters
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Czech
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Filmové studio Barrandov
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7.0“Milos” (Václav Neckár) is about to start his new job as a trainee dispatcher on the Czech railways, and is proudly sporting his new uniform as he proudly arrives for duty. He is to work with “Hubicka” (Josef Somr) who has a penchant for the ladies and that merely serves to remind our young man that as yet, he has only very limited experience with the opposite sex. That’s despite some obvious flirting with “Mása” (Jitka Scoffin) who clearly has designs on his body! It’s late one evening and they manage to get some time together, alone and intimate - but something goes wrong! Next thing, the no…
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