Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Language
- Czech
- Country
- XC
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In Czech — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- based on novel or book
- world war ii
- coming of age
- railroad
- sexual awakening
- czech new wave
- czech resistance
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Václav Neckář
Trainee Milos Hrma
Jitka 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
- Ferdinand Krůta — Masa's Uncle Noneman
- Květa Fialová — The countess
- Naďa Urbánková — Victoria Freie
- Jiří Menzel — Dr. Brabec
- Václav Fišer
- Karel Hovorka
- Jiří Kodet
- Directed
- Jiří Menzel
- Written
- Jiří Menzel, Bohumil Hrabal
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 273 ratings
- Studio
- Filmové studio Barrandov
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