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'''''Closely Watched Trains''''', or ''Ostře sledované vlaky'', is a 1966 Czech film by Jiří Menzel, based on a 1965 novel by Bohumil Hrabal. It has won several international awards, including the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 40th [[Academy AwardsAward]]s in 1968.<ref>[http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968 Oscars.org]</ref> It merges a typical [[Coming of Age Story]] with large amounts of humor and a somewhat uncommon war story.