Closely Watched Trains
work by Hrabal
Also known as: “Ostře sledované vlaky”
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discussed in biography
- In Bohumil Hrabal
…novel Ostře sledované vlaky (1964; Closely Watched Trains), in which a youth’s comic problems end with heroic martyrdom. Hrabal subsequently adapted the work as a screenplay, which won the 1967 Academy Award for best foreign film.
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