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Ostře sledované vlaky = Closely watched trains / Janus Films ; Československý Filomvý Ústav ; Filmotéka CSF ; Filmové Studio Barrandov ; scénář Bohumil Hrabel, Jiří Menzel ; režie Jiří Menzel ; podle noveli, Bohumil Hrabal.
LIBRA DVD PG5039.18.R2 O82 2001 disc + insert
Available from offsite location
LIBRA DVD 003 139 disc + booklet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Criterion collection ; 131.
- Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
- Criterion collection ; 131
- The Classic collection
- Language:
- Czech
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997--Film adaptations.
- Hrabal, Bohumil.
- Hrabal, Bohumil, 1914-1997.
- Czechoslovakia--Drama.
- Czechoslovakia.
- World War, 1939-1945--Czechoslovakia--Drama.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Motion pictures, Czechoslovakian.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Comedy films.
- Drama.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + insert (1 folded leaf : illustrations ; 18 cm)
- monochrome
- Manufacture:
- 1 booklet (8 p. (folded) : ill. ; 19 cm.)
- Other Title:
- Closely watched trains
- Place of Publication:
- Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, 2001. +.
- Language Note:
- In Czech with English subtitles; trailer in English.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- 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.
- Participant:
- Vaclav Neckar, Jitka Bendova, Vladimir Valenta.
- Credits:
- Photography, Jaromír Šofr; edited by Jiřina Lukešová; music by Jiří Sust.
- Notes:
- Based on the novel Ostře sledované vlaky / Bohumil Hrabal.
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1966.
- Special features include new English subtitle translation, U.S. theatrical trailer.
- ISBN:
- 0780024567
- OCLC:
- 48017545
- Publisher Number:
- 037429161524
- CLO100 Criterion Collection
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