Taken At Midnight

Germany, 1931 ...

Hans Litten is one of the most celebrated lawyers in Berlin

He's famed for his brilliant mind and the rhetorical flair with which he defends those fighting back against the rapidly growing Nazi movement

But when he calls Herr Hitler as star witness in the trial of a band of murderous SA men, it arouses in the Führer a feeling he can't abide

Or forget

Two years later, on the night of the Reichstag fire, Litten is arrested

He's held without trial, beaten and tortured

But just as Litten is about to disappear into the Nazi system, his indomitable mother, Irmgard, confronts his captors

And at enormous personal risk, she fights for her son's life

This riveting drama explores Irmgard's struggle, her son's resistance, and the heroic battle of the weak against the powerful

REVIEWS

"Brilliant" ~ Daily Telegraph

"Profoundly moving" ~ Sunday Times

"Hayhurst's drama, inevitably harrowing, is nevertheless permeated with Litten's own ineradicable wit and passionate sense of the importance of art" ~ Daily Telegraph

"A gripping drama. ... Taken at Midnight could easily become a simple story of a heroic mother battling to save her incarcerated son, but Hayhurst has the intelligence to highlight the complexity of the characters, without diminishing the brutality of the Nazi regime from its beginnings" ~ Guardian