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Criterion spine #969

Diamonds of the Night

1964Directed by Jan NěmecCzechoslovakia67 min

Diamonds of the Night (Czech: Démanty noci) is a 1964 Czech film about two boys on the run from a train taking them to a concentration camp, based loosely on Arnošt Lustig's autobiographical novel Darkness Has No Shadow. It was director Jan Němec's first feature film.

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