When Midnight Strikes
Directed byLéo Joannon
Written byAlfred Machard
Based onWhen Midnight Strikes by Alfred Machard
Produced byHans Boekman
StarringMarie Bell
Pierre Renoir
Roger Karl
CinematographyBoris Kaufman
Music byJean Wiener
Production
company
France Europe Films
Release date
  • 27 November 1936 (1936-11-27)
Running time
80 minutes
CountriesFrance
Netherlands
LanguageFrench

When Midnight Strikes (French: Quand minuit sonnera) is a 1936 French-Dutch crime drama film directed by Léo Joannon and starring Marie Bell, Pierre Renoir and Roger Karl.[1] It was adapted by Alfred Machard from his own novel of the same title. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques-Laurent Atthalin. A separate Dutch-language version Klokslag twaalf was also produced.[2]

Cast

References

  1. Bessy & Chirat p.183
  2. Rège p.537

Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1935-1939. Pygmalion, 1986.
  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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