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Black Diamonds

1938

A sober old-world melodrama of mines and moneyed scheming, played with earnest feeling and a slow, dignified pull.

Directed by
Ladislao Vajda
Genres
Drama
Starring
Pál Jávor, Zita Szeleczky, Jenő Törzs
Overview
Iván Berend works with all his skills in the coal mine he inherited from his father. Fate brings him to fall in love with the beautiful Evila, the daughter of one of the miners. A wealthy Viennese banker, Félix Kaulmann, then buys up the Bondavölgy coalfield for money, but he cannot acquire Iván Berend's mine for the time being. To defeat his opponent, he comes up with a cunning plan. He takes Evila with him to the Austrian capital, then opens the new mine, luring Berend's best colleagues to him with a little more money. But he doesn't count on one thing.

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Directed by
Ladislao Vajda
Genres
Drama
Starring
Pál Jávor, Zita Szeleczky, Jenő Törzs
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • love
  • betrayal
  • power
  • work
Places
  • small town
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Ladislao Vajda
Starring
Pál Jávor, Zita Szeleczky, Jenő Törzs, Gyula Csortos, Zoltán Greguss, Valéria Hidvéghy, Zoltán Várkonyi, Kálmán Rózsahegyi
Country
Hungary
Languages
Hungarian

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