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It Happened in Broad Daylight

(orig. Es geschah am hellichten Tag)

  • It Happened in Broad Daylight

Germany / Switzerland 1958
Language: German
Director: Ladislao Vajda
Script: Hans Jacoby, Ladislao Vajda, Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Camera: Heinrich Gärtner, Ernst Bolliger
Editor: Hermann Haller
Music: Bruno Canfora
Cast: Heinz Rühmann, Michael Simon, Ewald Balser
Producer: Praesens Film (Zürich), CCC Film GmbH
Distributer: CCC Film (bei Universum als DVD & BD erschienen)
Lenght: 99 Min.
Format: DVD
Color: Schwarz-Weiß

Deep in the forest a smiling punch talks to a little girl. Its charming master does not nearly appear to be as dangerous as his intentions. Dürrenmatt`s script of 1958 is classic horror that defined the genre. Here ”German Angst” describes the fear for the children and the child within the murderer.

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