Movie · 1966
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“All it takes to make a man of a boy is a woman.”
Released 18 November 1966 93 min Comedy / Drama / War More from 1966 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Alois Vachek
as Novak
Václav Fišer
Pavla Maršálková
as Mutter
Ferdinand Krůta
as Masa's Uncle Noneman
Vlastimil Brodský
as Counselor Zednicek
Vladimír Valenta
as Stationmaster Max
Libuše Havelková
as Max's wife
Karel Hovorka
Květa Fialová
as The countess
Jiří Hálek
Josef Somr
as Train dispatcher Hubicka
Pavel Landovský
Jiří Menzel
as Dr. Brabec
Jiří Kodet
Naďa Urbánková
as Victoria Freie
Josef Abrhám
as Priest (voice)
Václav Neckář
as Trainee Milos Hrma
Jitka Zelenohorská
as Zdenka
Jitka Scoffin
as Conducteress Masa
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The numbers
43years between the oldest and youngest billed
63Alois Vachek — oldest on the call sheet
20Jitka Zelenohorská — youngest billed
37average age of the credited cast