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1938 film by Ladislao Vajda

Black Diamonds

Directed by	Ladislao Vajda
Written by	Mór Jókai (novel) István Mihály Attila Orbók
Produced by	Lajos Hirsch Imre Tsuk
Starring	Zita Szeleczky Zoltán Greguss Valéria Hidvéghy
Cinematography	Károly Kurzmayer
Edited by	Zoltán Farkas
Music by	Lajos Ákom
Production companies	Hirsch and Tsuk Magyar Film Iroda
Release date	14 April 1938 (1938-04-14)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Black Diamonds (Hungarian: Fekete gyémántok) is a 1938 Hungarian drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Zita Szeleczky, Zoltán Greguss and Valéria Hidvéghy. It is based on an 1870 novel of the same name by Mór Jókai, the title referring to coal. It was remade in 1977.

The film's sets were designed by the art director József Pán.

Plot summary

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Judson Rozenblit. Constructing Nationalities in East Central Europe. Berghahn Books, 2005.

v t e Films directed by Ladislao Vajda
Where Is This Lady? (1932) Hello, Budapest! (1935) Wings Over Africa (1936) The Man Under the Bridge (1936) Sensation (1936) Three Dragons (1936) The Wife of General Ling (1937) The Borrowed Castle (1937) My Daughter Is Different (1937) Black Diamonds (1938) Rézi Friday (1938) Magda Expelled (1938) A Palace for Sale (1942) Three Mirrors (1947) Call of the Blood (1948) Golden Madonna (1949) The Woman with No Name (1950) The Seventh Page (1951) Spanish Serenade (1952) Doña Francisquita (1952) Condemned to Hang (1953) Adventures of the Barber of Seville (1954) Miracle of Marcelino (1955) Afternoon of the Bulls (1956) Uncle Hyacynth (1956) The Man Who Wagged His Tail (1957) It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958) The Man Who Walked Through the Wall (1959) The Shadows Grow Longer (1961) The Lightship (1963) A Nearly Decent Girl (1963)

Films directed by Ladislao Vajda

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