---
title: 'It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ladislao Vajda'
released: '1958-06-09'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Switzerland'
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/it-happened-in-broad-daylight-1958'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051588/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)

1958 · 95 min · Drama, Horror, Crime · Germany, Switzerland, Spain

Original title: Es geschah am hellichten Tag

## Synopsis

Es geschah am hellichten Tag is a 1958 German-language thriller film directed by Ladislao Vajda. The original screenplay was written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, a Swiss playwright and novelist, and this first instance of the film is still acclaimed by critics.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ladislao Vajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ladislao-vajda)
- **Screenplay:** [Friedrich Dürrenmatt](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-durrenmatt), [Hans Jacoby](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-jacoby)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bruno Canfora](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-canfora)
- **Producer:** [Lazar Wechsler](https://cinepixo.com/people/lazar-wechsler)
- **Director of Photography:** [Heinrich Gärtner](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinrich-gartner)
- **Editor:** [Hermann Haller](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-haller)

## Cast

- [Max Haufler](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-haufler)
- [Max Knapp](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-knapp)
- [Heinrich Gretler](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinrich-gretler)
- [Siegfried Lowitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-lowitz)
- [Sigfrit Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/sigfrit-steiner)
- [Roger Livesey](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-livesey)
- [Ewald Balser](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewald-balser)
- [Ettore Cella](https://cinepixo.com/people/ettore-cella)
- [Michel Simon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-simon)
- [Emil Hegetschweiler](https://cinepixo.com/people/emil-hegetschweiler)
- [Gert Fröbe](https://cinepixo.com/people/gert-frobe)
- [Traute Carlsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/traute-carlsen)
- [Margrit Winter](https://cinepixo.com/people/margrit-winter)
- [Heinz Rühmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-ruhmann)
- [Berta Drews](https://cinepixo.com/people/berta-drews)

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