

“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.

Václav Neckář
Trainee Milos Hrma
LeadJitka Scoffin
Conducteress Masa
Vladimír Valenta
Stationmaster Max

Libuše Havelková
Max's wife

Josef Somr
Train dispatcher Hubicka
Alois Vachek
Novak

Jitka Zelenohorská
Zdenka

Vlastimil Brodský
Counselor Zednicek
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jiří Menzel's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
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