It Is Midnight, Doctor Schweitzer
Directed by	André Haguet
Written by	André Haguet André Legrand
Based on	It Is Midnight, Doctor Schweitzer by Gilbert Cesbron
Produced by	Louis Brunet
Starring	Pierre Fresnay Raymond Rouleau Jean Debucourt Jeanne Moreau
Cinematography	Lucien Joulin
Edited by	Charles Bretoneiche
Music by	Maurice-Paul Guillot
Production company	Nordia Films
Distributed by	Cocinor
Release date	19 November 1952 (1952-11-19)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

It Is Midnight, Doctor Schweitzer (French: Il est minuit, docteur Schweitzer) is a 1952 French biographical drama film directed by André Haguet and starring Pierre Fresnay, Raymond Rouleau and Jean Debucourt.^[1] The film was adapted from a play of the same title by Gilbert Cesbron based on the life of Albert Schweitzer.^[2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in Gabon. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon. The film was released the same year that Schweitzer was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize.

Before the First World War Alsatian humanitarian Albert Schweitzer travels to French Equatorial Africa to do battle against infectious diseases that afflict the inhabitants. However the outbreak of war leads to his being interned.

• Pierre Fresnay as Le docteur Albert Schweitzer
• Raymond Rouleau as Le commandant Lieuvin
• Jean Debucourt as Le père Charles
• Jeanne Moreau as Marie Winter
• Georges Chamarat as Le professeur
• Michel Marsay as Jean
• Jany Vallières as Madame Cristal
• Jean Lanier as Monsieur Cristal
• Candy Wells as Joseph
• André Valmy as L'administrateur Leblanc
• André Wasley as
• Abdoulaye Dramé
• Soumah Mangué

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1951-1955. Pygmalion, 1989.
• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

• It Is Midnight, Doctor Schweitzer at IMDb