The article deals with several versions of the short story “Darkness Casts no Shadow” by Arnošt Lustig and the film adaptation of this work, “Diamonds of the Night”, directed by Jan Němec. Lustig has gradually expanded his story in new versions. The author, who lived in the U.S. in the 1970s and 1980s, obviously rewrote his text with regard to American readers. Jan Němec’s film adaptation, which premiered in 1964, is an experimental film that revaluates cinematic conventions. On the one hand, it uses surreal elements, on the other hand authentic devices.
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This article deals with the film adaptation of Franz Kafka’s ambiguous and multi-vocal story The Metamorphosis (Die Verwandlung, 1915), created by the Czech director Jan Němec for German and Austrian television (ZDF/ORF) in 1975. Nemec’s adaptation is remarkable for many innovations: the film version is “narrated” from Gregor Samsa’s perspective, with Gregor played by a first-person camera and off-screen voice. The spectator sees everything from the main protagonist’s viewpoint. This TV movie brings an interesting comparison of literary and film narrative structures. We can discuss values that have been added to Kafka’s piece, for example some kinds of absurdity, excellent stage design, and dramatic symbols.
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