Closely Watched Trains

Details

Instance of

film

Publication date

18 November 1966, 27 October 1967

Director

Jiří Menzel

Composer

Jiří Šust

Based on

Closely Watched Trains

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Main subject

World War II

Awards

Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

after a work by

Bohumil Hrabal

aspect ratio (W:H)

4:3

box office

1500000

cast member

Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodský, Václav Neckář, Jiří Menzel, Pavel Landovský, Milada Ježková, Libuše Havelková, Jitka Zelenohorská, Naďa Urbánková, Květa Fialová, František Husák, Jiří Kodet

CNC film rating (France)

no age restriction

color

color, black-and-white

copyright status

copyrighted

costume designer

Olga Dimitrovová

country of origin

Czechoslovakia

described by source

Directory of World Cinema: East Europe

different from

Q116603672

director of photography

Jaromír Šofr

distributed by

Ústřední půjčovna filmů, Netflix

distribution format

video on demand

duration

92

executive producer

Carlo Ponti

film editor

Jiřina Lukešová

filming location

Loděnice

Filmiroda rating

Category II

FSK film rating

FSK 16

has characteristic

film based on a literary work

Kijkwijzer rating

6

narrative location

Dobrovice

nominated for

Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, International Submission to the Academy Awards

original language of film or TV show

Czech, German

producer

Carlo Ponti

production company

Barrandov Studios

production designer

Oldřich Bosák

review score

7.8/10, 90%

screenwriter

Jiří Menzel, Bohumil Hrabal

sound designer

Jiří Pavlík

title

Ostře sledované vlaky

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