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Diamonds of the Night

Original title: Démanty noci
  • 19641964
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 7m
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7.4/10
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Démanty noci (1964)
  • Drama
  • War
Two Jewish boys escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to another. The film goes beyond the themes of war and anti-Nazism and concerns itself with man's struggle t... Read allTwo Jewish boys escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to another. The film goes beyond the themes of war and anti-Nazism and concerns itself with man's struggle to preserve human dignity.Two Jewish boys escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to another. The film goes beyond the themes of war and anti-Nazism and concerns itself with man's struggle to preserve human dignity.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
2.5K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Jan Nemec
  • Writers
    • Arnost Lustig(story "Darkness has no Shadows")
    • Jan Nemec
  • Stars
    • Ladislav Jánsky
    • Antonín Kumbera
    • Ilse Bischofova
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  • Director
    • Jan Nemec
  • Writers
    • Arnost Lustig(story "Darkness has no Shadows")
    • Jan Nemec
  • Stars
    • Ladislav Jánsky
    • Antonín Kumbera
    • Ilse Bischofova
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    • 20User reviews
    • 38Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Ladislav Jánsky in Démanty noci (1964)
    Ladislav Jánsky and Antonín Kumbera in Démanty noci (1964)
    Ladislav Jánsky and Antonín Kumbera in Démanty noci (1964)
    Ladislav Jánsky in Démanty noci (1964)
    Ladislav Jánsky and Antonín Kumbera in Démanty noci (1964)
    Ilse Bischofova in Démanty noci (1964)
    Ladislav Jánsky and Antonín Kumbera in Démanty noci (1964)
    Démanty noci (1964)
    Ladislav Jánsky and Antonín Kumbera in Démanty noci (1964)
    Démanty noci (1964)
    Ladislav Jánsky and Antonín Kumbera in Démanty noci (1964)
    Ladislav Jánsky in Démanty noci (1964)

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    Antonín Kumbera
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    • Director
      • Jan Nemec
    • Writers
      • Arnost Lustig(story "Darkness has no Shadows")
      • Jan Nemec
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    • Trivia
      In the middle of filming, cinematographer Jaroslav Kucera was invited to a film festival in South American and abruptly left the production. The remaining film was shot by an uncredited Miroslav Ondrícek.
    • Connections
      Edited into CzechMate: In Search of Jirí Menzel (2018)

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    8/10
    diamonds in the night
    By eschewing a back story about and dialogue between the two escapees I assume that director Jan Nemec was trying to "universalize" them as symbols of all suffering humanity everywhere so that the viewer would have greater empathy than if she or he saw them as victims of a particular time and place. For me, though, the absence of characterization served only to further distance me from the two kids so that I felt as if I was observing their struggles rather than participating in them. The result is that I was moved by the horrendous imagery and sounds more than i was devastated by the destruction of people I felt I knew. Give it a B.
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    • Jan 2, 2021

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    • Release date
      • March 14, 1968 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Czechoslovakia
    • Languages
      • Czech
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Diamanten der Nacht
    • Production company
      • Ceskoslovenský Filmexport
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 7 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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