It Began at Midnight (German: Es begann um Mitternacht) is a 1951 West German comedy crime film directed by Peter Paul Brauer and starring Winnie Markus, Albert Matterstock and Heli Finkenzeller. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Kurt Herlth.
A lawyer assists a young woman to break into a house, as she claims she has lost her keys. In fact she is breaking in to recover some love letters a relation of hers had written to the owner a shady baron. The baron reports the robbery to the police, and the lawyer finds himself being accused of stealing jewellery from the property.