It started at midnight

Movie
German title	It started at midnight
Original title	Çirkin thinya
Country of production	Turkey
original language	Turkish
Publishing year	1975
length	77 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18
Rod
Director	Osman F. Seden; (as Rowland Kramer )
script	Safa Önal
production	Irfan Ünal
music	Necip Saricioğlu
camera	Kaya Ererez
cut	Metin Miroğlu
occupation
	Hülya Koçyiğit : Selma; Savaş Başar : Akrep / Scorpio; Dogan Bavli : Orhan / Oliver; Oktar Durukan : Deve / Dave; Bülent Kayabaş : Kedi / Teddy; Günfer Feray : Ayşe; Danyal Topatan : Drunk fisherman; Osman Alyanak : Grocer; Ismail Hakki Şen : İlhan; Abdurrahman Palay : Policeman;

It started at midnight (original title: Çirkin Dünya ) is a Turkish crime film from 1975. Osman F. Seden directed Hülya Koçyiğit in the lead role . The German-language first publication on video came up with Italian and English-sounding, fictitious names and titles. It was released on DVD under the title Mondo Brutale II .

action

Three brutal criminals break into a house and terrorize the couple who live there. Doctor Oliver and his wife Selma are humiliated in many ways by Scorpio, Dave and Teddy, and their child is endangered. The intruders on the run from the police can only be induced to give up their activities for a short time by promising a large amount of money. While the doctor and Scorpio go to the bank, those who stay behind kill the child and rape Selma. Oliver wants revenge and finds the criminals at their meeting point, but is killed. Selma, who is slipping more and more into neglect, shoots Scorpion and Dave when they are released from prison.

criticism

From a conventional point of view none of the critics can win anything from the “trash”, which is celebrated among trash film fans: “Whoever managed the feat of capturing this noble exploiter on celluloid belongs to my deepest admiration,” says smug genre expert Michael Cholewa.

Remarks

The English and Italian-sounding fantasy names of the German-language editions include, without exception, Turkish actors and employees. The director is specified as Rowland Kramer . Actors are z. B. Stefanie Basil, Frank Fabian, Alfred Sullivan, Paul Tisch, Thomas Clark and Margaret Allyson. The international title of the film is Ugly World .

Web links

Individual evidence

[1] Entry at Sinematurk

[2] It started at midnight. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .