Closely Watched Trains turns 60: Revisit the station where the Oscar-winning film was shot

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This November will mark 60 years since the premiere of Closely Watched Trains, the Oscar-winning film by Jiří Menzel. The anniversary will be celebrated on 20 June in Loděnice, where a large part of the film was shot. Fans of the famous movie and the book it is based on can also explore the local Muzeum trati (Museum of the Railway Line), open from April till October.

Closely Watched Trains is a Czechoslovak film directed by Jiří Menzel in 1966, based on a novella of the same name by Bohumil Hrabal.

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Author: Romana Grajcarová