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Schweik's New Adventures

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Schweik's New Adventures
Directed byKarel Lamač
Written byKarel Lamac
Con West
Produced byWalter Sors
Edward G. Whiting
StarringLloyd Pearson
Richard Attenborough
Julien Mitchell
CinematographyRobert LaPresle
Billie Williams
Music byClifton Parker
Production
company
Eden Films
Distributed byCoronel Pictures
Release date
  • 18 October 1943 (1943-10-18)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Schweik's New Adventures (also known as It Started at Midnight) is a 1943 British comedy film directed by Karel Lamač and starring Lloyd Pearson, Maggie Rennie, Richard Attenborough and Julien Mitchell.[1] [2] It was adapted from a novel by Jaroslav Hašek. The music was by Clifton Parker, his first film score.[3] It was shot at the Merton Park Studios in London.

Partial cast

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References

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  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Murphy p.300
  3. ^ Huntley, John. British Film Music (1947), pp. 218-19

Bibliography

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  • Murphy, Robert. British Cinema and the Second World War. A&C Black, 2005.
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