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• 7.3 Comedy
• 1966-11-18
• 93 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Václav Neckář (Trainee Milos Hrma) Jitka Scoffin (Conducteress Masa) Vladimír Valenta (Stationmaster Max) Libuše Havelková (Max's wife) Josef Somr (Train dispatcher Hubicka) Alois Vachek (Novak) Jitka Zelenohorská (Zdenka) Vlastimil Brodský (Counselor Zednicek) Ferdinand Krůta (Masa's Uncle Noneman) Květa Fialová (The countess)

Director:

Jiří Menzel

Writer:

Jiří Menzel Bohumil Hrabal