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Es geschah am hellichten Tag

Schweiz BR Deutschland Spanien 1958 Spielfilm

It Happened in Broad Daylight

The body of a murdered girl is found near a forest in rural Switzerland. The crime causes alarm among the population, since there were two similar murder cases in the past, which have never been solved. Jacquier, a destitute hawker, becomes the prime suspect, even though he was the one who led the police to the body. In opposition to police detective Henzi, his colleague Matthäi is convinced that Jacquier is innocent. But Jacquier has already hung himself in his cell. Matthäi remembers a drawing by the murdered child, which shows small, thorny pellets, a very tall man and a car. Going undercover, the police detective rents a gas station near the crime scene. As a home help, he hires young Miss Heeler, who brings her little daughter Annemarie along. Matthäi wants to use the child as bait, and eventually, Annemarie is one day approached by a tall stranger… The film is based upon a novel by Swiss author Friedrich Dürrenmatt.

 

Credits

Director

  • Ladislao Vajda

Screenplay

  • Friedrich Dürrenmatt
  • Hans Jacoby
  • Ladislao Vajda

Director of photography

  • Heinrich Gärtner

Editing

  • Hermann Haller

Music

  • Bruno Canfora

Cast

  • Heinz Rühmann
    Oberleutnant Matthäi
  • Sigfrit Steiner
    Detektiv Feller
  • Siegfried Lowitz
    Leutnant Henzi
  • Michel Simon
    Hausierer Jacquier
  • Heinrich Gretler
    Polizeikommandant
  • Gert Fröbe
    Herr Schrott
  • Berta Drews
    Frau Schrott
  • Ewald Balser
    Professor Manz
  • Maria Rosa Salgado
    Frau Heller
  • Anita von Ow
    Annemarie Heller

Production company

  • Praesens Film AG (Zürich)

Producer

  • Lazar Wechsler

Alle Credits

Director

  • Ladislao Vajda

Assistant director

  • Max Haufler

Script supervisor

  • Marty Vlasak

Screenplay

  • Friedrich Dürrenmatt
  • Hans Jacoby
  • Ladislao Vajda

based on

  • Friedrich Dürrenmatt (Roman "Das Versprechen")

Director of photography

  • Heinrich Gärtner

Camera operator

  • Ernst Bollinger

Assistant camera

  • Jean Hörler
  • Georges Hofer

Still photography

  • Joe Boog

Lighting design

  • Albert Hächler

Production design

  • Max Röthlisberger

Set construction

  • Adolf Rebsamen

Prop master

  • Albert Knöbel

Make-up artist

  • Hans Hügi
  • Josef Coesfeld

Costume design

  • Robert Gamma

Costumes

  • Robert Gamma

Editing

  • Hermann Haller

Assistant editor

  • Franziska Schuh

Sound

  • Kurt Hugentobler

Sound assistant

  • Hans Sennrich
  • Albert Bolliger (Mikrofon)

Consultant

  • Dr. H. Walder
  • Prof. Dr. med. A. Glaus

Music

  • Bruno Canfora

Cast

  • Heinz Rühmann
    Oberleutnant Matthäi
  • Sigfrit Steiner
    Detektiv Feller
  • Siegfried Lowitz
    Leutnant Henzi
  • Michel Simon
    Hausierer Jacquier
  • Heinrich Gretler
    Polizeikommandant
  • Gert Fröbe
    Herr Schrott
  • Berta Drews
    Frau Schrott
  • Ewald Balser
    Professor Manz
  • Maria Rosa Salgado
    Frau Heller
  • Anita von Ow
    Annemarie Heller
  • Barbara Haller
    Ursula Fehlmann
  • Emil Hegetschweiler
    Gemeindepräsident
  • René Magron
    Polizeibeamter Weber
  • Hans Gaugler
    Vater Moser
  • Margrit Winter
    Mutter Moser
  • Ettore Cella
    Garagenbesitzer
  • Anneliese Betschart
    Lehrerin
  • Roger Livesey
    Dr. Manz
  • Max Haufler
    Wirtshausbesucher
  • Max Werner Lenz
  • Traute Carlsen

Production company

  • Praesens Film AG (Zürich)

in co-production with

  • CCC-Film GmbH (Berlin)

in association with

  • Chamartin Producciones (Madrid)

Producer

  • Lazar Wechsler

Co-Producer

  • Artur Brauner

Unit production manager

  • Uors von Planta

Location manager

  • Philippe Dériaz
  • Willi Rother

Original distributor

  • Deutsche Film Hansa GmbH & Co. (Hamburg)

Shoot

    • 20.02.1958 - April 1958: Umgebung von Zürich, Chur; Praesens-Atelier, CCC-Studios Berlin-Spandau, Atelier Berlin-Tempelhof
Duration:
2713 m, 99 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,37
Video/Audio:
s/w, Mono
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 30.06.1958, 17323, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 04.07.1958, Berlin, IFF;
Kinostart (DE): 09.07.1958;
Erstaufführung (CH): 12.07.1959, Zürich, Rex;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 24.05.1965, ZDF

Titles

Additional titles
  • Verleihtitel (ES) El cebo
  • Originaltitel (DE) Es geschah am hellichten Tag
  • Weiterer Titel (US) It Happened in Broad Daylight

Versions

Original

Duration:
2713 m, 99 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,37
Video/Audio:
s/w, Mono
Censorship/Age rating:

FSK-Prüfung (DE): 30.06.1958, 17323, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 04.07.1958, Berlin, IFF;
Kinostart (DE): 09.07.1958;
Erstaufführung (CH): 12.07.1959, Zürich, Rex;
TV-Erstsendung (DE): 24.05.1965, ZDF

Awards

FBW 1958
  • Prädikat: Wertvoll

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