Démanty noci [Diamonds of the Night] ◾︎ Jan Němec ◾︎ 1964

Filmexport Home Video

Reviewed by dvdfreak

Last modified on Thursday 19th March 2020, 10:57:53 PM

Česká verze / Return to index

Label: Filmexport Home Video (Czech Republic)

Region: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8

RCE protection: No

Copyright protection system: None

Disc type: DVD9 (the data occupy 7.66 GB)

Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:03:41.03

Video: PAL

Aspect ratio: 1.29:1 non-anamorphic

Bitrate (min / avg / max): 0.51 / 5.20 / 8.62 Mbps

Audio:

Czech Dolby Digital 2.0 mono* / 192 kbps

Subtitles:

Czech for the deaf and hard of hearing
English

Menus available in:

Czech

Special features:

Introduction by a film historian (23:19, in Czech)
Photogallery (2:42, music only)
Biography & filmography (in Czech)
- Jan Němec (7 pages)
- Arnošt Lustig (4 pages)
- Jaroslav Kučera (6 pages)
- Ladislav Janský (2 pages)
- Antonín Kumbera (1 page)
+ bibliography (1 page, in Czech)
Contemporary documentation (0:18, music only)
Contemporary documentation on DVD-ROM
Interviews (in Czech)
- Miroslav Ondříček (5:44)
- Hynek Bočan (10:33)
Festivals & awards (1 page, in Czech)
ČRo 1 - Radiožurnál ad (0:31, in Czech)
About the DVD
- Filmexport Home Video (3 pages, in Czech)
- National Film Archive (2 pages, in English & Czech)
- DiViDi magazine (1 page, in Czech)
"Zlatý fond" on DVD (60 pages, in Czech)
Other films available (14 pages, in Czech)

Notes:

"Diamonds of the Night" share the disc with "Konkurs" ("Audition"),
a film directed by Miloš Forman.

*difference between channels is -72.00 dB (0.03 %)

National Film Archive / Blu-ray (frame 1640)

National Film Archive / Blu-ray

Reviewed by dvdfreak

Last modified on Thursday 19th March 2020, 10:57:53 PM

Česká verze / Return to index

Label: National Film Archive (Czech Republic)

Region: A, B & C (?)

RCE protection: n/a

Copyright protection system: AACS

Disc type: BD50 (the data occupy 43.01 GB)

Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:07:29.11

Video: MPEG-4 AVC, 1080p24

Aspect ratio: 1.37:1

Bitrate (min / avg / max): 0.00 / 33.29 / 61.22 Mbps

Audio:

Czech DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 / 815 kbps

Subtitles:

Czech for the deaf and hard of hearing & English

Menus available in:

Czech & English

Special features:

"Sousto" ("A Loaf of Bread," 1960, 11:38, in Czech*)
"Armádní filmový zpravodaj" ("Army Film Newsletter," 1962, 12:12, in Czech*)
"Paměť našeho dne" ("The Memory of Our Day," 1962, 9:53)*
"Červená rakev" ("Red Coffin," 1968, 2:40, in Czech*)
"Zvukový film o FAMU" ("A Sound Film About FAMU," 1969, 26:06, in Czech*)
"Nenávist" ("Hatred," 1960, 24:10, in Czech*)
"Železničáři" ("Railway Workers," 1963, 14:06, in Czech*)
"Stodvacetihodinový den který nastoupili"
("The 120-Hour Day That They Embarked On," 1965, 29:50, in Czech*)
Interview with Tereza Frodlová (2018, 6:16, in Czech*)
Trailer (2018, 2:03, in Czech & English)

(Unless noted otherwise, all extras are MPEG-4 AVC, 1080p24, DTS-HD MA 2.0.)