Life Begins at Midnight

{{short description|1944 film by Juan de Orduña}} {{Infobox film | name = Life Begins at Midnight | image = | caption = | director = Juan de Orduña | producer = Joaquín Cuquerella | writer = Luisa-Maria Linares (novel) Antonio Mas Guindal Juan de Orduña | narrator = | starring = Marta Santaolalla Armando Calvo Julia Lajos José María Seoane | music = Juan Quintero | cinematography = Willy Goldberger Tomás Duch | editing = Juan J. Doria | distributor = CIFESA | released = {{Film date|1944|11|09|df=y}} | runtime = 88 minutes | country = Spain | language = Spanish | budget = }} '''''Life Begins at Midnight''''' (Spanish:'''''La vida empieza a medianoche ''''') is a 1944 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Juan de Orduña and starring Marta Santaolalla, Armando Calvo and Julia Lajos.<ref>Bentley p.94</ref>

The movie is based on the novel written by Luisa-Maria Linares.

==Cast== * Marta Santaolalla as Silvia * Armando Calvo as Ricardo * Julia Lajos as María Linz * José María Seoane as Álvaro * José Isbert as El abuelo * María Isbert as Clarita * Consuelo de Nieva as Marcela * José Prada as Juan * Manuel Requena as Gorito * Luis Sanz as Guillermito * Manuel Soto as Director del hotel * Antonio Prada * Xan das Bolas * Dolores Castillejo

==References== <references/>

==Bibliography== * Bentley, Bernard. ''A Companion to Spanish Cinema''. Boydell & Brewer, 2008.

==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0037432|title= Life Begins at Midnight}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Life Begins at Midnight}} Category:1944 films Category:1944 comedy films Category:Spanish comedy films Category:1944 Spanish-language films Category:Spanish black-and-white films Category:Films set in Spain Category:Films directed by Juan de Orduña Category:Cifesa films Category:Films scored by Juan Quintero Muñoz Category:1944 Spanish films Category:Spanish-language comedy films