---
title: 'Life Begins at Eight (1962)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Kehlmann'
released: '1962-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/life-begins-at-eight-1962'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122582/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Life Begins at Eight (1962)

1962 · 100 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Das Leben beginnt um acht

## Synopsis

Life Begins at Eight is a 1962 West German drama film directed by Michael Kehlmann and starring O.E. Hasse, Johanna Matz and Helmut Wildt. 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. The action is moved from the play's setting of London to Berlin.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Kehlmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-kehlmann)
- **Screenplay:** [Horst Budjuhn](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-budjuhn)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Peter Sandloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-sandloff)
- **Producer:** [Wilhelm Utermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilhelm-utermann)
- **Director of Photography:** [Kurt Hasse](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-hasse)
- **Editor:** [Gertrud Hinz](https://cinepixo.com/people/gertrud-hinz)

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