Closely Watched Trains
| Closely Watched Trains | |
|---|---|
| File:Closely watched trains poster.jpg | |
| Directed by | Jiří Menzel |
| Written by | Bohumil Hrabal (novel) Jiří Menzel |
| Produced by | Zdeněk Oves |
| Starring | Václav Neckář, Jitka Bendová, Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodský, Vladimír Valenta |
| Cinematography | Jaromír Šofr |
| Edited by | Jiřina Lukešová |
| Music by | Jiří Šust |
| Distributed by | Ústřední půjčovna filmů |
Release dates | November 18, 1966 |
Running time | 92 min. |
| Language | Czech |
Closely Watched Trains (English title; Czech: Ostře sledované vlaky), by director Jiří Menzel, is a Czech 1966 Academy Award winning film based on the story of Bohumil Hrabal. It was filmed in Barrandov Studios. It's a coming-of-age story about boy working at a train station in German occupied Czechoslovakia during WWII.
| Year | Result | Award | Category / Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Won | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film Czechoslovakia |
| 1969 | Nominated | BAFTA Film Award | Best Film Jiří Menzel |
| Best Sound Track Jiří Pavlik | |||
| 1969 | Nominated | DGA Award | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures Jiří Menzel |
| 1968 | Nominated | Golden Globe | Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film Czechoslovakia. |
| 1966 | Won | Grand Prize | Jiří Menzel |
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