• Diamonds of the Night (Demanty Noci) (Blu-ray)

    Diamonds of the Night (Demanty Noci) (Blu-ray)

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    Presented from new 4K remaster, Second Run present Jan Němec's masterful and harrowing Diamonds of the Night.

    Němec’s debut feature is one of the most thrilling and startlingly original works of cinema. Told almost without dialogue, it chronicles the tense and desperate journey of two teenage boys who are trying to stay alive after escaping from a German train bound for a Nazi concentration camp during World War II.

    Adaptated from 'Darkness Casts No Shadow' by Arnošt Lustig, Diamonds of the Night is one of the earliest key early works of the Czechoslovak New Wave. This stunning new 4K restoration premiered in the at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, and Second Run are delighted to present the film in its new restoration for the first time anywhere on Blu-ray.

    Region Free Blu-ray - Australian compatible.

    Special Features

    • Presented from a new 4K restoration of the film from original materials by the Czech National Film Archive.
    • Jan Němec’s debut short film A Loaf of Bread (Sousto, 1960).
    • Audio commentary by film historian Michael Brooke.
    • New filmed interview with Eva Lustigová, daughter of author Arnošt Lustig.
    • A filmed appreciation by Peter Hames.
    • Trailer (2018).
    • 20-page booklet featuring Michael Brooke's substantial
      essay on the film.
    • World Premiere on Blu-ray.