Episode 705: Diamonds in the Night (1964)

We’re kicking of Czechtember 2024 with a classic of the Czech New Wave, Jan Nemec’s Diamonds of the Night. Released in 1964, the film was a groundbreaking piece of cinema. Based on Arnost Lustig’s semi-autobiographical novel Darkness Casts No Shadow, the film is about the escape of two boys from a train carrying them to a death camp.

Heather Drain and Rob St. Mary join Mike to discuss this harrowing film.