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Diamonds of the Night
Diamonds of the Night

Diamonds of the Night

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DramaWar

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Two Jewish boys escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to another. Ultimately, they are hunted down by a group of old, armed home-guardists.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Runtime

67 mins

Rating

7.077/10

Release Date

25 September 1964

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

Ladislav Janský

Ladislav Janský

The First

Antonín Kumbera

Antonín Kumbera

The Second

Ilse Bischofová

Ilse Bischofová

The Woman

Jan Říha

Jan Říha

Ivan Asič

Ivan Asič

August Bischof

August Bischof

Josef Koggel

Josef Koggel

Oskar Müller

Oskar Müller

Anton Schich

Anton Schich

Rudolf Stolle

Rudolf Stolle

Josef Koblížek

Josef Koblížek

Josef Kubát

Josef Kubát

Rudolf Lukášek

Rudolf Lukášek

Bohumil Moudrý

Bohumil Moudrý

Karel Navrátil

Karel Navrátil

Evžen Pichl

Evžen Pichl

František Procházka

František Procházka

František Vrána

František Vrána

Vladimír Pucholt

Vladimír Pucholt

The Second (voice)

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