Diamonds of the Night (1964)

★ 7.1/10 67 min Drama, War Czechoslovakia Czech

Director: Jan Němec

Screenplay by: Jan Němec, Arnošt Lustig
Creative Producer: Jan Procházka
Short Story: Arnošt Lustig

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Description

Two Jewish boys escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to another. Beyond themes of war and anti-Nazism, the film concerns itself with man's struggle to preserve human dignity.

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Top Cast

Ladislav Janský The First

Antonín Kumbera The Second

Ilse Bischofová The Woman

Jan Říha

Ivan Asič

August Bischof

Josef Koggel

Oskar Müller

Diamonds of the Night Appears on 3 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Criterion Collection

Criterion Collection #964

UNESCO ‘Memory of the World’

UNESCO #170

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Czechoslovak New Wave

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