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It Happened in Broad Daylight

Es geschah am hellichten Tag

  • 1958
  • Switzerland / Germany / Spain
  • feature film - Crime
  • 99 min. (2713 m.)
  • Location shooting / Berlin story line

Cast

Actor/-ess
Heinz Rühmann (Lieutenant Dr. Hans Matthäi)
Sigfrit Steiner (detective Feller)
Siegfried Lowitz (Lieutenant Henzi)
Michel Simon (Peddler Jacquier)
Heinrich Gretler (Police Commander)
Gert Fröbe (Mr. Schrott)
Berta Drews (Mrs. Schrott)
Ewald Balser (Professor Manz)
Maria Rosa Salgado (Mrs. Heller)
Anita von Ow (Annemarie Heller)
Barbara Haller (Ursula Fehlmann)
Emil Hegetschweiler (Mayor)
René Magron (police official Weber)
Hans Gaugler (Father Moser)
Margrit Winter (Mother Moser)
Ettore Cella (garage owner)
Anneliese Betschart (teacher)
Roger Livesey (Dr. Manz)
Max Haufler
Max Werner Lenz
Traute Carlsen

Direction

Director
Ladislao Vajda
Assistant director
Max Haufler

Writing

Screenplay
Based on
Script supervisor
Marty Vlasak

Camera & Light

Director of photography
Heinrich Gärtner
Camera operator
Ernst Bollinger
Assistant camera / focus puller
Jean Hörler
Georges Hofer
Still photographer
Joe Boog
Lighting design
Albert Hächler

Decor

Production design
Max Röthlisberger
Set construction
Adolf Rebsamen
Prop master
Albert Knöbel
Make-up artist
Hans Hügi
Josef Coesfeld
Costume design
Robert Gamma
Wardrobe
Robert Gamma

Cutting & Mixing

Editing
Hermann Haller
Assistant editor
Franziska Schuh
Sound
Kurt Hugentobler
Sound assistant
Hans Sennrich
Albert Bolliger

Music

Music
Bruno Canfora

Production

Producer
Lazar Wechsler
Co-Producer
Artur Brauner
Unit production manager
Uors von Planta
Location manager
Philippe Dériaz
Willi Rother

Companies

Production company
Praesens Film AG
in Co-Production
CCC-Film GmbH
in Co-Operation
Chamartin Producciones