
About the film

based on novel or book world war ii coming of age railroad sexual awakening czech new wave czech resistance
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Release Date: November 18, 1966
Year | : | 1966 |
Slogan | : | «All it takes to make a man of a boy is a woman.» |
Genres | : | Comedy, Drama, War |
Production Companies | : | Filmové studio Barrandov |
Director | : | Jiří Menzel |
Producers | : | Zdeněk Oves, Bohumil Šmída, Jaroslav Vágner, Otakar Jiříček, Ctibor Jeřábek |
Writers | : | Jiří Menzel, Bohumil Hrabal, Bohumil Hrabal, Ladislav Fikar |
RunTime | : | 93 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.
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