Es geschah am hellichten Tag (1958) - film review

Crime / Thriller / Drama

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Es geschah am hellichten Tag is a Spanish thriller film first released in 1958, directed by Ladislao Vajda. The film stars Heinz Rühmann, Sigfrit Steiner, Siegfried Lowitz, Michel Simon and Heinrich Gretler. It has also been released under the title: It Happened in Broad Daylight. Our overall rating for this film is: very good.

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Credits

Director: Ladislao Vajda
Script: Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Hans Jacoby, Ladislao Vajda
Photo: Ernst Bolliger, Heinrich Gärtner
Music: Bruno Canfora
Cast: Heinz Rühmann (Oberleutnant Matthäi), Sigfrit Steiner (Det. Feller), Siegfried Lowitz (Lt. Heinzi), Michel Simon (Jacquier), Heinrich Gretler (Polizeikommandant), Gert Fröbe (Schrott), Berta Drews (Frau Schrott), Ewald Balser (Professor Manz), Roger Livesey (Professor Manz (voice: English version)), María Rosa Salgado (Frau Heller), Anita von Ow (Annemarie Heller), Barbara Haller (Ursula Fehlmann), Emil Hegetschweiler (Gemeindepräsident), Rene Magron, Max Werner Lenz, Hans Gaugler (Herr Moser), Ettore Cella (Tankstellenbesitzer), Margrit Winter (Frau Moser), Traute Carlsen, Anneliese Betschart (Lehrerin), Max Haufler
Country: West Germany / Switzerland / Spain
Language: German / Spanish
Runtime: 90 min
Aka: It Happened in Broad Daylight

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