---
title: 'Diamonds of the Night (1964)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jan Němec'
released: '1964-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 67
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/diamonds-of-the-night-1964'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058001/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Diamonds of the Night (1964)

1964 · 67 min · Drama, War · Czechoslovakia

Original title: Démanty noci

## Synopsis

Diamonds of the Night 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jan Němec](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-nemec)
- **Screenplay:** [Jan Němec](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-nemec), [Arnošt Lustig](https://cinepixo.com/people/arnost-lustig)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jan Rychlík](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-rychlik)
- **Producer:** [Jan Procházka](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-prochazka)
- **Director of Photography:** [Miroslav Ondříček](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslav-ondricek), [Jaroslav Kučera](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-kucera)
- **Editor:** [Miroslav Hájek](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslav-hajek), [Jitka Sulcová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jitka-sulcova)

## Cast

- [Vladimír Pucholt](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-pucholt)
- [Rudolf Stolle](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-stolle)
- [Jan Říha](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-riha)
- [Ladislav Janský](https://cinepixo.com/people/ladislav-jansky)
- [Anton Schich](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-schich)
- [Ilse Bischofová](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilse-bischofova)
- [Evžen Pichl](https://cinepixo.com/people/evzen-pichl)
- [Josef Kubát](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-kubat)
- [August Bischof](https://cinepixo.com/people/august-bischof)
- [Antonín Kumbera](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonin-kumbera)
- [František Vrána](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-vrana)
- [Rudolf Lukášek](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-lukasek)
- [Josef Koblížek](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-koblizek)
- [Josef Koggel](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-koggel)
- [Karel Navrátil](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-navratil)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/diamonds-of-the-night-1964
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