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Diamonds of the Night

Original title: Démanty noci
  • 1964
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 7m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
2.7K
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Ladislav Jánsky and Antonín Kumbera in Diamonds of the Night (1964)
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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.

  • Director
    • Jan Nemec
  • Writers
    • Arnost Lustig
    • Jan Nemec
  • Stars
    • Ladislav Jánsky
    • Antonín Kumbera
    • Ilse Bischofova
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    2.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jan Nemec
    • Writers
      • Arnost Lustig
      • Jan Nemec
    • Stars
      • Ladislav Jánsky
      • Antonín Kumbera
      • Ilse Bischofova
    • 21User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Ladislav Jánsky in Diamonds of the Night (1964)
    Ladislav Jánsky and Antonín Kumbera in Diamonds of the Night (1964)
    Ladislav Jánsky and Antonín Kumbera in Diamonds of the Night (1964)
    Ladislav Jánsky in Diamonds of the Night (1964)
    Ladislav Jánsky and Antonín Kumbera in Diamonds of the Night (1964)
    Ilse Bischofova in Diamonds of the Night (1964)
    Ladislav Jánsky and Antonín Kumbera in Diamonds of the Night (1964)
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    Ladislav Jánsky and Antonín Kumbera in Diamonds of the Night (1964)
    Diamonds of the Night (1964)
    Ladislav Jánsky and Antonín Kumbera in Diamonds of the Night (1964)
    Ladislav Jánsky in Diamonds of the Night (1964)

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    Ladislav Jánsky
    Ladislav Jánsky
    • První
    Antonín Kumbera
    Antonín Kumbera
    • Druhý
    Ilse Bischofova
    Ilse Bischofova
    • Zena
    • (as Irma Bischofova)
    Jan Riha
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    Ivan Asic
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    August Bischof
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    Josef Koggel
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    Oscar Müller
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    • (as Oskar Müller)
    Anton Schich
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    Rudolf Stolle
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    Josef Koblizek
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    Josef Kubat
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    Rudolf Lukásek
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    Evzen Pichl
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    • Director
      • Jan Nemec
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      • Arnost Lustig
      • Jan Nemec
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      The opening tracking shot is the longest in Czechoslovakian cinema history and consumed one third of the film's budget.
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      Edited into CzechMate: In Search of Jirí Menzel (2018)

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    4/10
    Czech WWII drama directed by Jan Nemec
    Two young men escape from a prisoner transport train on their way to a concentration camp. They try to survive in the dense woods, but the unforgiving terrain forces them back to civilization.

    I started out enjoying this film. It's lack of dialogue (very little is spoken for much of the runtime), handheld camerawork, and harsh locations were innovative and compelling. However, as the film progressed I grew tired of the lack of narrative and the tedious experimental-film-style digressions, in the form of quick jumps for a few seconds, to what I am assuming were supposed to be the random thoughts and memories of one or both protagonists. By the film's third act, wherein a large band of elderly and doddering German citizens awkwardly chase the duo through the forest, the whole thing had fallen apart for me, and became laughable and pretentious. As usual, many or most will disagree with me, as this is another critically acclaimed "masterpiece" that I failed to connect with and/or fully comprehend. It's only 67 minutes long.
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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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