It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)

Original title

Es geschah am hellichten Tag

Directed by

Ladislao Vajda

Genre

drama film, horror film, crime film

Country

Germany, Switzerland, Spain

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

12

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 151 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A detective hunts a serial killer who targets children. The investigation takes a personal toll on him and the local community.

tensesuspensefuldisturbingslow-burngrimatmosphericcoldmethodical

What happens

Es geschah am hellichten Tag (English: It Happened in Broad Daylight) 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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