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1966· 15+· 1h 33m· Comedy· Drama· War
“All it takes to make a man of a boy is a woman.”
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.
1966-11-18
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Key Crew
DirectorJiří Menzel
ScreenplayBohumil Hrabal
Director of PhotographyJaromír Šofr
Original Music ComposerJiří Šust
EditorJiřina Lukešová
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 32 crew)
Details
Released1966-11-18
Runtime1h 33m · 15+
StatusReleased
StudiosFilmové studio Barrandov
LanguagesCzech · German
CountriesCzechoslovakia
Rating7.2/10 · 272 votes
Original languagecs
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