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DÉMANTY NOCI
(DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT)
Diamonds of the Night, the debut feature film from the director Jan Němec, is a drama set on the knife edge between life and death. Images of the escape of two mentally and physically exhausted men from a train carrying them to their death are interlaced with flashbacks, dreams and hallucinations, which actualise the subjective perception of both protagonists. A free adaptation of Darkness Casts No Shadow by Arnošt Lustig, a Holocaust survivor who closely cooperated in the making of the film, it marked the beginning of the career of Jan Němec, one of the most original Czech filmmakers of the 1960s.
Directed by : Jan NEMEC
Year of production: 1964
Country: Czech Republic
Durée : 68 minutes
Year of production: 1964
Country: Czech Republic
Durée : 68 minutes
Credits
- Jan NEMEC Director
- Jan NEMEC Screenplay
- Arnost LUSTIG Screenplay
- Jaroslav KUCERA Director of Photography
- Oldrich BOSAK Production Design
- Miroslav HAJEK Editing
- Miroslav ONDRICEK Director of Photography
- Ester KRUMBACHOVA Production Design
Casting
Contacts
Producer
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Tomáš ŽŮREK
International sales
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