Original Title: Démanty noci
Status
Released
Release
1964
Runtime
1h 7m
Two Jewish boys escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to another. Beyond themes of war and anti-Nazism, the film concerns itself with man's struggle to preserve human dignity.
19 Cast Members
Ladislav Janský
The First
Antonín Kumbera
The Second
Ilse Bischofová
The Woman
Jan Říha
Ivan Asič
August Bischof
Josef Koggel
Oskar Müller
Anton Schich
Rudolf Stolle
Josef Koblížek
Josef Kubát
Rudolf Lukášek
Bohumil Moudrý
Karel Navrátil
Evžen Pichl
František Procházka
František Vrána
Vladimír Pucholt
The Second (voice)
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