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Based on a 1965 novel by Bohumil Hrabal, the film tells a coming-of-age story about a young man working at a train station in German-occupied Czechoslovakia during World War II. As this apprentice train dispatcher seeks his first sexual encounter becomes despondent when he is unable to perform. Closely Watched Trainswon the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 40th Academy Awards in 1968.