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Diamonds of the Night (1964)

Démanty noci (original title)
| Drama, War | 14 March 1968 (USA)
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Diamonds in the night is the tense, brutal story of two Jewish boys who escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to another. Ultimately, they are hunted down by a ... See full summary »

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Ladislav Jánsky ... 1st Boy
Antonín Kumbera ... 2nd Boy
Ilse Bischofova ... The Woman (as Irma Bischofova)
Ivan Asic
Jan Riha
August Bischof
Josef Koggel
Oskar Müller
Anton Schich
Rudolf Stolle
Josef Koblizek
Josef Kubat
Rudolf Lukásek
Bohumil Moudry
Karel Navratil
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Diamonds in the night is the tense, brutal story of two Jewish boys who escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to another. Ultimately, they are hunted down by a group of old, armed home-guardists. The film goes beyond the themes of war and anti-Nazism and concerns itself with man's struggle to preserve human dignity. Written by Anonymous

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A jewel that deserves to see the light of day.
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This surrealist masterpiece directed by Jan Nemec has had limited exhibition in the US. Mostly seen at film festivals and in museums, this 63 minute film concerns two boys who escape from a train taking them to a Nazi death camp. As they run through dense, rugged and unfamiliar terrain, their escape is interpolated with their dreams, hallucinations, fantasies, and memories. Like Forbidden Games, Fires on the Plains, and Grand Illusion, Diamonds of the Night is an anti-war film that does not deal with actual warfare. With a minimum of dialog, the film conveys the boys' physical and psychological deterioration with a maximum of cinematic bravura. This sadly neglected film deserves a Criterion DVD release.
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