Diamonds of the Night

Diamonds of the Night

67 mins | Drama | Sept. 25, 1964

A tense, brutal 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.

Diamonds of the Night

67 mins | Drama | Sept. 25, 1964

Diamonds of the Night
A tense, brutal 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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Filmové studio Barrandov
Original title Démanty noci
Directors Jan Němec, Hynek Bočan
Writers Jan Procházka, Arnošt Lustig, Jan Němec

Cast

Ladislav Janský

as The First

Antonín Kumbera

as The Second

Ilse Bischofová

as The Woman

Vladimír Pucholt

as Second (voice)