DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHTS
Specials
Jan Němec chose a WWII theme for his feature debut. Two boys escape from a train transporting Jewish deportees to a concentration camp. They spend the following hiding in a forest, dreams of warmth and shelter offering occasional relief from their hunger, exhaustion and fear of death. Němec shows how war, fascist oppression, humiliation and persecution can strip people of their dignity and turn them into animals. The film won prizes at Rotterdam, Oberhausen and Melbourne.
Jan Němec chose a WWII theme for his feature debut. Two boys escape from a train transporting Jewish deportees to a concentration camp. They spend the following hiding in a forest, dreams of warmth and shelter offering occasional relief from their hunger, exhaustion and fear of death. Němec shows how war, fascist oppression, humiliation and persecution can strip people of their dignity and turn them into animals. The film won prizes at Rotterdam, Oberhausen and Melbourne.
