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Irena Kovarova on DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT

Diamonds of the Night • 16m

In the following interview, recorded in 2018 in New York, film programmer and Czechoslovak film expert Irena Kovarova discusses the importance of DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT within the Czechoslovak New Wave.

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