Diamonds of the Night

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Diamonds of the Night is a 1964 Czech psychological war drama film by Jan Němec, renowned for its experimental, minimalist style and harrowing portrayal of two boys escaping a Nazi transport.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Czech film
film
psychological film
basedOn Darkness Casts No Shadow NERFINISHED
basedOnAuthor Arnošt Lustig NERFINISHED
cinematographer Jaroslav Kučera NERFINISHED
colorProcess black-and-white
countryOfOrigin Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED
director Jan Němec NERFINISHED
distributor Filmové studio Barrandov NERFINISHED
editor Miroslav Hájek NERFINISHED
filmFormat 35 mm
genre art film
experimental film
psychological war drama
hasFilmRating critically acclaimed
hasHomeMediaRelease Blu-ray
DVD
hasSceneType fantasy sequences
flashbacks
includedIn Czech film canon
language Czech
movement Czechoslovak New Wave NERFINISHED
musicBy Miroslav Hájek NERFINISHED
notableFor depiction of psychological trauma
experimental narrative techniques
minimalist style
subjective sound design
originalTitle Démanty noci NERFINISHED
plotSummary Two young Jewish boys escape from a Nazi transport train and struggle to survive while being hunted in the countryside.
releaseYear 1964
restoredBy Czech National Film Archive NERFINISHED
runningTimeMinutes 63
screenwriter Arnošt Lustig NERFINISHED
Jan Němec NERFINISHED
settingPeriod World War II NERFINISHED
stars Antonín Kumbera NERFINISHED
Ladislav Jánsky NERFINISHED
theme memory and hallucination
persecution of Jews
survival
war trauma

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Czech New Wave notableFilm Diamonds of the Night