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Ostře sledované vlaky = Closely watched trains
Ostře sledované vlaky (Motion picture)
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Comedy-drama about a young trainmaster employed in a tiny station during World War II. He becomes involved in a plot to blow up a German ammunition train, but when the plan backfires, he is forced ...
Comedy-drama about a young trainmaster employed in a tiny station during World War II. He becomes involved in a plot to blow up a German ammunition train, but when the plan backfires, he is forced to commit the ultimate act of courage.
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- Creator
- Janus Films ; Československý filmový ústav ; Ústřední půjčovna filmů v Praze ; scénář Bohumil Hrabal, Jiří Menzel ; dramaturg, Václav Nývlt ; vedouci výroby, Zdeněk Oves ; režie, Jiří Menzel ; Filmové studio Barrandov
- Other Title
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- English title on container: Closely watched trains
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- Czech
- Contributors
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- Menzel, Jiří, film director, screenwriter
- Oves, Zdeněk, film producer
- Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997, screenwriter
- Nývlt, Václav, 1930-1999, adapter
- Neckář, Václav, 1943- actor
- Bendová, Jitka, actor
- Valenta, Vladimir, 1923-2001, actor
- Šofr, Jaromír, 1939- cinematographer
- Sust, Jiří, 1919-1995, composer
- Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997. Ostře sledované vlaky
- Janus Films
- Československý filmový ústav
- Ústřední půjčovna filmů (Prague, Czech Republic)
- Filmové studio Barrandov
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Publication
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- [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2001
- ©2001
- ©1966
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (1 folded sheet (8 pages) : illustrations ; 19 x 50 cm folded to 19 x 13 cm)
- digital optical mono Dolby Digital mono
- NTSC
- video file DVD video all regions
- ISBNs
- 0780024567, 9780780024564
- OCLC
- ocm48017545
- Credits
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- Václav Neckář, Jitka Bendová, Vladimir Valenta
- Photography, Jaromír Šofr ; editor, Jiřini Lukesová ; music, Jiří Šust
- Title from opening frames (about 4:50 minutes into film) and container.
- Credits in English from booklet: Directed by Jiří Menzel ; produced by Dr. Zdeněk Oves ; screenplay by Bohumil Hrabel and Jiří Menzel from the novel by Bohumil Hrabal ; director of photography, Jaromír Šofr ; edited by Jiřini Lukesová ; music by Jiří Šust ; wardrobe by Olga Dimitrovová.
- Credits in English from Internet Movie Database: Directed by Jiří Menzel ; screenplay by Bohumil Hrabel and Jiří Menzel ; script editor, Václav Nývlt ; produced by Zdeněk Oves ; production company, Filmové studio Barrandov.
- Based on the novel by Bohumil Hrabal.
- Originally released as motion picture in 1966.
- Includes U.S. theatrical trailer in English.
- Booklet includes essay by Richard Schickel, film critic for Time and author of Matinee Idylls.
- DVD in original 1.33:1 aspect ratio presentation; new digital transfer; Dolby digital mono.
- In Czech with optional English subtitles.