Diamonds of the Night

Name: Diamonds of the Night
Genre: Drama, Historic, War
Released: 2022-04-29
Cast: Ladislav Janský, Antonín Kumbera, Ilse Bischofová, Ivan Asič, August Bischof

A story of two Jewish boys who escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to another.

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Jan Němec

Czechoslovakia 1964

Czech

English

64 min.

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Diamonds in the night is the 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.

Credits

Director: Jan Němec

Based on: Arnošt Lustig

Screenplay: Jan Němec, Arnošt Lustig

Cinematography: Jaroslav Kučera, Miroslav Ondříček

Editing: Miroslav Hájek, Jitka Šulcová

Production Design: Oldřich Bosák

Producer: Miloš Bergl

Cast: Ladislav Janský, Antonín Kumbera, Ilse Bischofová, Ivan Asič, August Bischof, Josef Koblížek, Josef Koggel, Josef Kubát

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