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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Diamonds of the Night canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Czech film ⓘ
film ⓘ
psychological film ⓘ
basedOn Darkness Casts No Shadow ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Arnošt Lustig ⓘ
cinematographer Jaroslav Kučera ⓘ
colorProcess black-and-white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Czechoslovakia ⓘ
director Jan Němec ⓘ
distributor Filmové studio Barrandov ⓘ
editor Miroslav Hájek ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Czech New Wave
musicBy Miroslav Hájek ⓘ
notableFor depiction of psychological trauma ⓘ
experimental narrative techniques ⓘ
minimalist style ⓘ
subjective sound design ⓘ
originalTitle Démanty noci ⓘ
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 ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes 63 ⓘ
screenwriter Arnošt Lustig ⓘ
Jan Němec ⓘ
settingPeriod World War II ⓘ
stars Antonín Kumbera ⓘ
Ladislav Jánsky ⓘ
theme memory and hallucination ⓘ
persecution of Jews ⓘ
survival ⓘ
war trauma ⓘ

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Czech New Wave → notableFilm → Diamonds of the Night ⓘ
Jan Němec → notableWork → Diamonds of the Night ⓘ