Ostře sledované vlaky [videorecording] = Closely watched trains / Janus Films ; Československý filmový ústav ; Ústřední půjčovna filmů v Praze ; scénář Bohumil Hrabal, Jiří Menzel ; dramaturg, Václav Nývlt ; vedouci výroby, Zdeněk Oves ; režie, Jiří Menzel ; Filmové studio Barrandov.
Menzel, Jiří.; Oves, Zdeněk.; Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997.; Nývlt, Václav, 1930-1999.; Neckář, Václav, 1943-; Bendová, Jitka.; Valenta, Vladimir, 1923-2001.; Šofr, Jaromír, 1939-; Sust, Jiří, 1919-1995.; Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997. Ostře sledované vlaky.; Janus Films.; Československý filmový ústav.; Ústřední půjčovna filmů (Prague, Czech Republic); Filmové studio Barrandov.; Criterion Collection (Firm)
2001
PN1997 .O887 2001
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Ostře sledované vlaky [videorecording] = Closely watched trains / Janus Films ; Československý filmový ústav ; Ústřední půjčovna filmů v Praze ; scénář Bohumil Hrabal, Jiří Menzel ; dramaturg, Václav Nývlt ; vedouci výroby, Zdeněk Oves ; režie, Jiří Menzel ; Filmové studio Barrandov.
Uniform Title
Ostře sledované vlaky (Motion picture)
Variant Title
English title on container: Closely watched trains
ISBN
0780024567
9780780024564
9780780024564
Publication Details
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2001.
Language
Czech
Language Note
In Czech with optional English subtitles.
Description
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Item Number
037429161524
Call Number
PN1997 .O887 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.43/72
Distributor No.
CLO100 Criterion Collection
Summary
Comedy-drama about a young trainmaster employed in a tiny station during World War II. He becomes involved in a plot to blow up a German ammunition train, but when the plan backfires, he is forced to commit the ultimate act of courage.
Note
Title from opening frames and container.
Credits in English from Internet Movie Database: Directed by Jiří Menzel ; screenplay by Bohumil Hrabel and Jiří Menzel ; script editor, Václav Nývlt ; producer, Zdeněk Oves ; production company, Filmové studio Barrandov.
Based on the novel by Bohumil Hrabal.
Originally released as motion picture in 1966.
Includes U.S. theatrical trailer in English.
Credits in English from Internet Movie Database: Directed by Jiří Menzel ; screenplay by Bohumil Hrabel and Jiří Menzel ; script editor, Václav Nývlt ; producer, Zdeněk Oves ; production company, Filmové studio Barrandov.
Based on the novel by Bohumil Hrabal.
Originally released as motion picture in 1966.
Includes U.S. theatrical trailer in English.
Credits
Photography, Jaromír Šofr ; editor, Jiřini Lukesová ; music, Jiří Šust.
Performer
Václav Neckář, Jitka Bendová, Vladimir Valenta.
Cast
Václav Neckář, Jitka Bendová, Vladimir Valenta.
System Details Note
DVD in 1.33:1 aspect ratio presentation; new digital transfer; Dolby digital mono.
Awards
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 1967.
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Series
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 131.
Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
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