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Director:
Ladislao Vajda
Writers:
Friedrich Dürrenmatt (screenplay)
Friedrich Dürrenmatt (story)
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Release Date:
9 June 1958 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Crime | Thriller | Drama more
Plot:
Several young girls were killed. Policeman Matthaei travels to the region where it happened and searches... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
It gets everyone frightened and anxious! Great Movie. more (10 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
El cebo (Spain)
It Happened in Broad Daylight (USA)
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Runtime:
Spain:90 min | Switzerland:100 min | West Germany:95 min (Berlin International Film Festival)
Country:
West Germany | Switzerland | Spain
Language:
German | Spanish
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Germany:12 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-16 | West Germany:12 (f) (w) | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
CCC-Atelier, Berlin, Germany more
Company:
Praesens-Film more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Ewald Balser plays Professor Manz in the German language version, but 'Roger Livesey' (wv) plays Professor Manz in the English language version. more
Movie Connections:
Version of La promessa (1979) (TV) more

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15 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
It gets everyone frightened and anxious! Great Movie., 24 July 2000
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Author: (amikus2000) from Marburg

Once I met an arabian, and while talking about cinema, he said, for knowing this movie he would forget five of his lovely movies, after watching it ! G. Fröbe and H. Rühmann are playing such fabulous, that you think somebody inconvenient is entering your near forest. Everybody I know is worn down after this Horror-criminal, where NO violence or anything bizarre is shown! Turn off the lights.

One of the best movies of the 1950ies.

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