Film Screening
Closely Watched Trains

Closely Watched Trains, Czechoslovakia, 1966

October 17, 2020 at 17:00 Hrs.
5:00 PM Goethe-Saal

Pre-Registration The film Closely Watched Trains was made by Jiří Menzel based on the novel of the same name by famous Czech novel writer Bohumil Hrabal. The story takes place during the Second World War, at a time when human qualities are manifested in the same way as in a time of deep peace, only they are better seen in the confrontation with the events of the war.

It tells the story of a young railway officer Miloš Hrma, who, despite his love problems, reaches the threshold of manhood at a small railway station ...