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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Closely Watched Trains (in Czech Ostře sledované vlaky), is a 1966 Czech film by Jiří Menzel, based on a short novel of the same name by famous Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal. It has won several international awards, including an Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 1967. It merges a typical Coming-of-Age Story with large amounts of humor and a somewhat uncommon war story.The setting is the latter stages of World War II, as the Allies are closing in on Germany from the west and the Soviets from the east, but Czechoslovakia remains under Nazi occupation. Miloš Hrma is a young Czech with one big ambition in life: To become a train dispatcher so that he can lead a leisurely lifestyle with little work. So he starts working at the local train station, where he meets train dispatcher Hubička, who divides his time between lazing around and hitting on the telegraphist, and the station master, who seems more interested in his geese and in condemning Hubička's exploits than the train service. Meanwhile, Miloš' girlfriend Máša wishes to take their relationship further. Finally, the occupation forces pressure the people at the station to keep a close eye on all passing trains to prevent partisans taking out supply trains.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Sadly for Miloš and Máša, they seem to be unable to consumate their relationship at first, and when they actually get the chance to spend a night together, Miloš fires off prematurely. Depressed, he considers himself not to be a real man and tries to commit suicide, but is brought to hospital before he bleeds to death. There, a certain Dr. Brabec explains to him that his "performance problems" are fairly common at his age, giving him some hints on avoiding this and proposing he seek the aid of a mature woman to overcome his anxiety.Meanwhile, as all of that silliness is going on, it turns out that Hubička the cheerful dispatcher is working with La Résistance. | |
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Creator Cameo: Jiří Menzel plays the doctor who tells Miloš to Think Unsexy Thoughts to combat his premature ejaculation problem. | |
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Who's Watching the Store? | |
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Who's Watching the Store?: Addressed. Miloš takes Hubička's place while he indulges in his affair with the telegrapher. | |
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Hypocritical Humour: Every so often. The station master flirting with the telegraphist when he called Hubička amoral for doing so is an example. Also, the stories one of the trains drivers and the station master tell each other. | |
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Hospital Hottie | |
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Hospital Hottie: A train carrying nurses is stranded in the station when no engine is available. The nurses draw everyone's attention. At one point poor Miloš enters the train to find a full-scale orgy underway. | |
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La Résistance | |
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La Résistance: The partisans, although we don't see much of them. Hubička works with them, and would have dropped the bomb on the train, if the railway bureaucrats had not arrived at precisely the wrong moment to conduct a hearing about his sex with the telegraphist. | |
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Official Couple | |
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Official Couple: Miloš and Máša. | |
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Jizzed in My Pants | |
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Jizzed in My Pants: This ruins Miloš's night with Máša. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: The train is destroyed, but Miloš is killed in the process, leaving Máša to sadly pick up his cap. | |
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Kavorka Man | |
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Kavorka Man: Hubička is middle-aged, balding, and bespectacled, and has amazing success with women. | |
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Train-Station Goodbye | |
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Train-Station Goodbye: Miloš and Máša—an unusual example in that she's actually a worker on the railway, and she's definitely coming back. | |
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The Casanova | |
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The Casanova: Hubička is remarkably successful with women. This draws the ire of his boss. | |
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Those Wacky Nazis | |
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Those Wacky Nazis: It plays in occupied Czechoslovakia, so this is a given. They are mostly unseen, except for SS men on a couple of trains that pass through the station. | |
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Meaningful Name | |
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Meaningful Name: ‘Hubička’ means ‘a little kiss’ in Czech. | |
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Les Collaborateurs | |
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Les Collaborateurs: Councilor Zedníček, the administrator in charge of the railway, is a Nazi collaborator. The workers at the train station are not impressed when he lamely explains away the constant German retreats on both fronts as tactical maneuvers. | |
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Married to the Job | |
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Married to the Job: Miloš, even if it's downplayed. | |
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Sex as Rite-of-Passage | |
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Sex as Rite-of-Passage: It's certainly important for Miloš. | |
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Benevolent Boss | |
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Benevolent Boss: The station master, even with his Grumpy Old Man antics. | |
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Gratuitous Latin | |
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Gratuitous Latin: Miloš keeps referring to his problem as Ejaculatio praecox. | |
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Mood Whiplash | |
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Mood Whiplash: Sometimes it's a naughty sex comedy, sometimes it's a tense thriller (notably the ending with the bombing of the train). | |
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Bath Suicide | |
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Bath Suicide: Attempted by poor Miloš, but he is interrupted before he bleeds out. | |
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Coming of Age Story | |
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Coming-of-Age Story: For Miloš. Implies Character Development. Towards the end he says that he's cut the cord with his past. | |
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Lost in Translation | |
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Lost in Translation: The station master's laments and swear words are mostly untranslatable, making him seem less ridiculous character. | |
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The Film of the Book | |
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The Film of the Book: Fared very well, due to the fact that the author of the original novel cooperated on the screenplay, to point that original short novel is virtually unknown outside its country of origin. The only major change was cutting part of the ending, which in the novel was more violent. | |
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Interrupted Suicide | |
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Interrupted Suicide: Miloš attempts suicide after the embarrassing night with Máša. A worker discovers him by accident, and he is taken to hospital. | |
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Sexy Secretary | |
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Sexy Secretary: The telegraphist. Her tryst with Hubička involves a lingering shot of her naked bottom. | |
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Irony | |
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Irony: A rare example of Socratic irony when Councilor Zedníček, the Nazi collaborator, comes to the train station. He gives them a lot of lame excuses about how the unending retreats of the Germans are tactical withdrawals to set up counterattacks, and how the workers at the station have to closely watch the trains, but the workers just ask "why?" a lot until an irritated Zedníček says it's what the Fuhrer wants. | |
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Pre-Climax Climax | |
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Pre-Climax Climax: Miloš and Viktoria's night together, the night before the planned sabotage of the ammunition train. | |
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Mrs. Robinson | |
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Mrs. Robinson: Played with. Miloš is looking for one, but is unsuccessful until Viktoria turns up. | |
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Think Unsexy Thoughts | |
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Think Unsexy Thoughts: What Dr. Brabec proposes Miloš to deal with his premature ejaculation problems. | |
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Naïve Newcomer | |
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Naïve Newcomer: The film starts with Miloš getting ready for his first day at the station. | |
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Running Gag: Damage done to the couch in the station office by railroad workers having sex on it. | |
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