| Description |
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.) |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 131 |
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Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 131.
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| System Details |
DVD, Dolby digital mono. |
| Cast |
Vaclav Neckar, Jitka Bendova, Vladimir Valenta. |
| Awards |
Academy Award (1977): Best Foreign Film |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Bohumil Hrabal. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1966. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Jaromír Sofr ; production design, Oldrich Bosák ; editor, Jirina Lukesová ; music, Jirí Sust. |
| Note |
Features: U.S. trailer. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Terms Of Use |
For private home use only. |
| Language |
In Czech with English subtitles. |
| Summary |
A comedy-drama about a young trainmaster's struggle with his imminent manhood during WWII. His psychiatrist tells him to find an experienced woman to teach him the art of love. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Young men -- Drama.
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Coming of age -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Czechoslovakia -- Drama.
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Czechoslovakia -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
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Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997 -- Film adaptations.
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| Genre/Form |
Motion pictures, Czech.
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Foreign films -- Czechoslovakia.
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Comedy films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Menzel, Jiří.
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Neckář, Václav, 1943-
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Bendová, Jitka.
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Valenta, Vladimir, 1923-2001.
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Sust, Jiří, 1919-1995.
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Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997.
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Filmotéka Československý Filmovy Ústav.
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Filmové studio Barrandov.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Closely watched trains |
| ISBN |
0780024567 |
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9780780024564 |
| Standard No. |
00037429161524 |
| Music No. |
CLO100 Criterion Collection |
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