It Began at Midnight

It Began at Midnight (German: Es begann um Mitternacht) is a 1951 West German comedy crime film directed by Peter Paul Brauer and starring Winnie Markus, Albert Matterstock and Heli Finkenzeller.^{[1] [2]} It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Herlth.^[3]

A lawyer assists a young woman to break into a house, as she claims she has lost her keys. In fact she is breaking in to recover some love letters a relation of hers had written to the owner a shady baron. The baron reports the robbery to the police, and the lawyer finds himself being accused of stealing jewellery from the property.

• Winnie Markus as die Einbrecherin
• Albert Matterstock as der Rechtsanwalt
• Heli Finkenzeller as die Schwiegermutter
• Werner Finck as der Baron
• Jakob Tiedtke
• Rudolf Platte
• Ida Wüst
• Ernst Waldow
• Walter Gross
• Rolf Weih
• Ellen Bang

• Hoffmann, Hilmar & Schobert, Walter (ed.) Zwischen gestern und morgen: westdeutscher Nachkriegsfilm 1946-1962. Deutsches Filmmuseum, 1989.
• Wiesen, Jonathan. West German Industry and the Challenge of the Nazi Past: 1945–1955. University of North Carolina Press, 2004.

• It Began at Midnight at IMDb