90 minutes after midnight

Movie
Original title	90 minutes after midnight
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1962
length	77 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Jürgen Goslar
script	Wolfgang Schnitzler
production	Luggi Waldleitner
music	Bert Kaempfert
camera	Klaus von Rautenfeld
cut	Wolfgang Wehrum
occupation
Christine Kaufmann : Julie Elgin Martin Held : Charles Elgin, her father Hilde Krahl : Helen Elgin, her mother Christian Doermer : Nolan Stoddard Karel Štěpánek : Mr. Stoddard, his father Bruno Dietrich : Phil Reynolds Wolfgang Zilzer : Mr. Reynolds, his father Heinz Schimmelpfennig : Inspector Hopkins Max Buchsbaum : police assistant Thomas Bride : Mr. Gibson Ursula Herwig : Mrs. Ann Hans Bernhardt : Mr. Easton Gerda-Maria Klein : Mrs. Easton

90 minutes after midnight is a German crime film from the year 1962. Directed by Jürgen Goslar play Christine Kaufmann , Martin Held and Christian Doermer the leading roles.

action

17-year-old Julie Elgin, a spoiled middle-class teenager, is dating her boyfriend Phil. At the bowling alley, Julie, who is not averse to flirting, hooks up with the inconspicuous outsider Nolan Stoddard. The young couple promptly quarreled. Julie gets into Nolan's car, whom she only briefly knows, in order to make Phil jealous. Stoddard is a quirky, withdrawn, and scary looking guy. Both continue. Nolan takes the opportunity and brings Julie under his control.

On the way, Nolan stops and irritates Julie's parents with anonymous and threatening calls. During the journey, the young man tries to arouse Julie's interest in him. But she gives him the cold shoulder and makes him realize that he was only a means to an end. This rejection finishes Nolan. With Julie as his hostage, he sees an opportunity to avenge himself for all the humiliations suffered in the past by people like the snooty and snobbish Julie in his eyes. He demands a ransom from the parents. In a remote sailing club house, Norman holds Julie prisoner and tries to force her to have sex. The police arrive at the last moment and can prevent the worst. Julie's father shoots Nolan, who is fatally wounded.

Production notes

The world premiere took place on October 25, 1962 in several German cities. In January 1965, the thriller ran under the title Terror After Midnight in the United States. On July 24, 1971, the film was first broadcast on ZDF at 8:15 p.m. on television.

The novel, The Hours After Midnight , was written by Joseph Hayes . Wolf Englert designed the film structures .

For Wolfgang Zilzer , who fled to Hollywood after 1937 , 90 minutes after midnight was the first German film since his return to Germany. The orchestral musician and band leader Bert Kaempfert , who rarely writes for the cinema, made his debut here as a film composer.

criticism

The Lexicon of the International Film wrote: "The colorless design of the crime story barely reveals the original problems of the novel."

Web links

• 90 minutes after midnight in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• 90 minutes after midnight at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Klaus Brüne (Red.): Lexicon of International Films. Volume 6, p. 2771. Reinbek near Hamburg 1987.