From Morning to Midnight

Von morgens bis Mitternacht

Germany, 1920

Crime, Silent

Synopsis

A Cashier in a bank in a small German town is alerted to the power of money by the visit of a rich Italian lady. He embezzles 60,000 Marks and leaves for the capital city, where he attempts to find satisfaction in politics, sport, love and religion.

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From Morning to Midnight Directed by Karl Heinz Martin

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Awards & Festivals

Telluride Film Festival

2011

The New York Film Festival

2011

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Cast & Crew

Articles from the Notebook

The Forgotten: Negative Space/Capability/Attitude

Karl Heinz Martin’s Von Morgens Bis Mitternacht (From Morn to Midnight, 1920) comes on like a parody of a German Expressionist classic,…

Critics reviews

[The protagonist is] after “passion” but doesn’t seem to know how or where to find it—or even what it means. MIDNIGHT hinges on its design elements (setting, props, makeup); their strangeness grounds the film and provides its main interest. Otherwise, it’s quite static and stage-bound in its style.

Patrick Friel

January 04, 2019

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What are people saying?

Adam Whybray's rating of the film From Morning to Midnight
Adam Whybray

3.1 stars. Neither as bewitched as 'Caligari' nor as atmospheric or haunting as 'Nosferatu', 'From Morning to Midnight' does however provide the starkest expression of post-WWI German spiritual dissolution. The ramshackle sets are almost punk in their aggressive crudity. Ernst Deutsch reminded me of Mark Heap at his most abject! Interestingly, 'The Forbidden Zone' & 'Vileness Fats' look more like this than other GE.
February 06, 2018 01:29
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Nekorat's rating of the film From Morning to Midnight
Nekorat

It isn't indeed, that's from the play version in 1912. Excuse my mistake.
December 03, 2010 12:42
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Low's rating of the film From Morning to Midnight
Low

The picture isn't from the movie?
December 03, 2010 10:09
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Jdsarmientoburgos's rating of the film From Morning to Midnight
Jdsarmientoburgos

A trippy and visually impressive german expressionist. One to watch stoned at a party with friends.
February 09, 2018 03:13
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Mx Nihil's rating of the film From Morning to Midnight
Mx Nihil

This one stands next to "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" as an archetypal example of expressionist filmmaking.
February 20, 2016 23:40
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