Closely Observed Trains

Closely Observed Trains (15)
Directed by Jiri Menzel
Czechoslovakia, 1966
93 minutes

Winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1968, this is the story of shy, innocent Milo who takes up his first job at the local railway station during the Nazi occupation and finds himself confronted by the adult world.

It’s a funny, sharply satirical, and poignant film that stands as a masterwork of the Czech New Wave.