It Happened in Broad Daylight
1997, German. Directed by Nico Hofmann.
Several young girls were killed in a rural area. Thus Inspector Matthaei has to travel to the region where it happened and has to search for the killer. When all the people suspect a roamer to be the killer he gets lynched and everybody thinks that the crimes will stop now but not Matthaei who searches for a blond girl that looks just like the ones that were murdered. He finds one and stays with her and her mother, attracting the murderer with the girl trying to catch him this way.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Nico HofmannDirector
- Joachim KrólKommissar Matthäus
- Barbara RudnikElisabeth
- Axel MilbergSchrott
- Judith ThayenthalAnnemarie
- Heino FerchBock
- Hans-Werner MeyerSteiner
- Arnd KlawitterHenze
- Martin LüttgeHeld
- Monika BaumgartnerMutter der ermordeten Hanne
- Michael MendlBauer Moser
- Monica BleibtreuFrau Moser
- Dieter MannMärz
Details
- Released
- 4 January 1997
- Original title
- Es geschah am hellichten Tag
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Bernd Eichinger, Uwe Wilhelm
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It Happened in Broad Daylight runs 90 minutes (1h 30m).
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Which OTT platform is It Happened in Broad Daylight on?
It Happened in Broad Daylight isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 January 1997. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like It Happened in Broad Daylight?
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Who directed It Happened in Broad Daylight?
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1997) was directed by Nico Hofmann and stars Joachim Król, Barbara Rudnik, Axel Milberg.