Life Begins at Eight
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Life Begins at Eight (German: Das Leben beginnt um acht) is a 1962 West German drama film directed by Michael Kehlmann and starring O.E. Hasse, Johanna Matz and Helmut Wildt.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1940 play The Light of Heart by Emlyn Williams, previously adapted into a 1942 Hollywood film Life Begins at Eight-Thirty.[2] The action is moved from the play's setting of London to Berlin.
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Life Begins at Eight | |
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Directed by | Michael Kehlmann |
Written by | Horst Budjuhn |
Based on | The Light of Heart by Emlyn Williams |
Produced by | Utz Utermann |
Starring | O.E. Hasse Johanna Matz Helmut Wildt |
Cinematography | Kurt Hasse |
Edited by | Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz |
Music by | Peter Sandloff |
Production company | |
Distributed by | UFA |
Release date | 4 January 1962 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
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The film's sets were designed by the art directors Hans Berthel and Johannes Ott. Completed in late 1961, it premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin early in the New Year.