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7.2/ 10

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1966

Release Year

93 min

Runtime

Comedy
Drama
War

Overview

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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Keywords

based on novel or book
world war ii
coming of age
railroad
sexual awakening
czech new wave
czech resistance

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

October 26, 2025

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7/10

“Milos” (Václav Neckár) is about to start his new job as a trainee dispatcher on the Czech railways, and is proudly sporting his new uniform as he proudly arrives for duty. He is to work with “Hubicka” (Josef Somr) who has a penchant for the ladies and that merely serves to remind our young man that

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