Taxi at Midnight (German: Die Mitternachtstaxe) is a 1929 German silent thriller film directed by Harry Piel and starring Piel, Betty Bird and Philipp Manning. It was shot at the Staaken and Grunewald Studios in Berlin. The film's art direction was by Fritz Maurischat and Max Knaake.
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Synopsis
Harry Pattler is a law student who works as a late-night taxi driver in order to pay for his studies. He argues with Professor Olten over how reliable circumstantial evidence can be in court. To prove his point he begins to investigate the background of an ongoing case against a man who faces conviction for murder on purely circumstantial evidence. Harry is able to prove that not only is the man not a murderer, his supposed victim is still alive.
Cast
Harry Piel as Harry Pattler
Betty Bird as Lilly
Philipp Manning as Prof. Dr. Olten
Albert Paulig as Direktor Cremer
Hans Sanden as Knackermaxe
Hermann Böttcher as Kommissar Tenner
Bruno Ziener as W.S. Pinkus
Aruth Wartan as Martini
Maria Asti as Mimi
Steffie Vida as Bardame
Jaria Kirsanoff as Bardame
El' Dura as Bardame
Eva Schmid-Kayser as Bardame
Hedy Meyer-Seebohn as Bardame
Wolfgang von Schwindt as Mann im Smoking
Georg Schmieter as Mann im Smoking
Charles Francois as Mann im Smoking
Henry Bender as Erster Wachtmeister
Julius Falkenstein as Zweiter Wachtmeister
Georg John as Dritter Wachtmeister
Charly Berger as Motorradfahrer