[REL] Es geschah am hellichten Tag (1958/1997)

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[REL] Es geschah am hellichten Tag (1958/1997)

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Es geschah am hellichten Tag (1958)
wiki wrote:Es geschah am hellichten Tag (German for It happened in broad daylight) is the title of a 1958 Swiss suspense film directed by Ladislao Vajda. In 1997, it was remade under the same title as a German TV film, directed by Nico Hoffmann. There was also a Dutch remake of the film, by Rudolf Van Den Berg, under the title The Cold Light of Day made in 1995. The original screenplay was written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, a Swiss playwright and novelist, and the first incarnation of the film is still acclaimed by critics. Heinz Rühmann and Gert Fröbe both starred in the 1958 movie.

The three films follow the same basic plot, where a senior police detective is attached to elucidate the murder and possible sexual abuse of a little girl. As the detective hopes for leads while talking with the mother of the murdered girl, he pledges to find her killer – and so, even after leaving the police force, he embarks upon buying a gasoline shop in the remote area where he hopes to find the criminal, and uses a little girl as a bait to attract the killer. His trap is ultimately successful in ensnaring the murderer.

Friedrich Dürrenmatt had not been happy to see the detective proven successful at the end the story, so he wrote the novel Das Versprechen: Requiem auf den Kriminalroman (The Pledge: Requiem for the Detective Novel) from the previous film script. Das Versprechen differs from Es geschah am hellichten Tag by having the detective fail to identify the killer in the end because of murderer's death in an auto accident. This failure ultimately leaves the detective a broken and witless old man.

American director Sean Penn made a fourth movie on the topic, named The Pledge in 2001. Penn's movie incorporates Das Versprechen's darker ending, as preferred by Dürrenmatt.
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http://www.filmbar.info/es_geschah_am_h ... n_tag.html

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051588/

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Es geschah am hellichten Tag (1997) (TV)
imdb wrote: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. Written by Volker Boehm
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119073/

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Re: Es geschah am hellichten Tag (1958 / 1997)

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Wow!!

Thanks, Rich!!

I've got both 'In the Cold Light of Day' and 'The Pledge', and I had heard there were other versions of this story...

Hopefully these links pan out.... :pray

If so, great find, Rich!! (Even if they aren't, thanks for bringing these other versions of a great story to our attention! [lol I got to say that before rmt@36 :) ] )

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I've been looking for this for years .... Thanks.
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This looks like the real thing - don't know why it wasn't moved to release. Rich's link is VERIFIED.

[REL] The cold light of day (1995) starring Perdita Weeks is a remake.
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ZsofiaPsotta wrote: Sun Mar 26, 2023 3:27 pm 1958 El cebo (Es geschah am hellichten Tag) (L. Vajda) (2019 restoration) HDTVRip...ubs by DCINE.mkv
Holy macaroni. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a file that well seeded/sourced on ed2k! What is it about this film?
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Yeah goku, I was shocked too! Normally that happens only with brand new releases of new and popular movies and TV series. This must be very highly regarded to get that kind of interest too.

Thank you for this, Zsofia! It looks to be a terrific movie, even if the author did not approve of the ending. I also checked some other sources, some of them from before the 2019 restoration used for your version. The unrestored older video that I saw does not look especially good, but yours looks great.

(Note for non-eMulers: there are also some torrents for the restored version at RARBG under the English title, and likely also other places.)

There are multiple audio language and subtitle language options. Here are the simple specs:
Spoiler:

General : 1958 El cebo (Es geschah am hellichten Tag) (L. Vajda) (2019 restoration) HDTVRip 720p (Spa (Doblaje Cines 1958)-Ger-Eng-Ita-Fre) Subs by DCINE.mkv
Format : Matroska at 4 090 kb/s
Length : 2.86 GiB for 1 h 40 min 15 s 417 ms
Video #0 : AVC at 2 934 kb/s
Aspect : 994 x 720 (1.381) at 24.000 fps

Audio #0 : AC-3 at 192 kb/s
Infos : 1 channel, 48.0 kHz
Language : es
Audio #1 : AC-3 at 192 kb/s
Infos : 1 channel, 48.0 kHz
Language : de
Audio #2 : AC-3 at 192 kb/s
Infos : 1 channel, 48.0 kHz
Language : en
Audio #3 : AC-3 at 192 kb/s
Infos : 1 channel, 48.0 kHz
Language : it
Audio #4 : AC-3 at 192 kb/s
Infos : 1 channel, 48.0 kHz
Language : fr
Audio #5 : AC-3 at 192 kb/s
Infos : 1 channel, 48.0 kHz
Language : de [Audio description]

Text #0 : UTF-8
Language : es [forced]
Text #1 : UTF-8
Language : es
Text #2 : UTF-8
Language : de
Text #3 : UTF-8
Language : en [forced]
Text #4 : UTF-8
Language : en
Text #5 : UTF-8
Language : it [forced]
Text #6 : UTF-8
Language : it
Text #7 : UTF-8
Language : fr
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Re: [REL] Es geschah am hellichten Tag (1958/1997)

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goku33 wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 12:00 am
ZsofiaPsotta wrote: Sun Mar 26, 2023 3:27 pm 1958 El cebo (Es geschah am hellichten Tag) (L. Vajda) (2019 restoration) HDTVRip...ubs by DCINE.mkv
Holy macaroni. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a file that well seeded/sourced on ed2k! What is it about this film?
I know why :twisted: That must be it :think

Btw 1997 version link is dead. Can anyone reshare??

& yes thank you Zsofia! :thumbsup
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Devil❧ wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 8:24 am Btw 1997 version link is dead. Can anyone reshare??
Yes, please! I was hoping to find an upgrade or even just an alternate source, but I found nothing that is free. But it is on Amazon.de in SD!
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Night457 wrote: Mon Mar 27, 2023 7:42 am Yeah goku, I was shocked too! Normally that happens only with brand new releases of new and popular movies and TV series. This must be very highly regarded to get that kind of interest too.

Thank you for this, Zsofia! It looks to be a terrific movie, even if the author did not approve of the ending. I also checked some other sources, some of them from before the 2019 restoration used for your version. The unrestored older video that I saw does not look especially good, but yours looks great.

(Note for non-eMulers: there are also some torrents for the restored version at RARBG under the English title, and likely also other places.)

There are multiple audio language and subtitle language options. Here are the simple specs:
Spoiler:

General : 1958 El cebo (Es geschah am hellichten Tag) (L. Vajda) (2019 restoration) HDTVRip 720p (Spa (Doblaje Cines 1958)-Ger-Eng-Ita-Fre) Subs by DCINE.mkv
Format : Matroska at 4 090 kb/s
Length : 2.86 GiB for 1 h 40 min 15 s 417 ms
Video #0 : AVC at 2 934 kb/s
Aspect : 994 x 720 (1.381) at 24.000 fps

Audio #0 : AC-3 at 192 kb/s
Infos : 1 channel, 48.0 kHz
Language : es
Audio #1 : AC-3 at 192 kb/s
Infos : 1 channel, 48.0 kHz
Language : de
Audio #2 : AC-3 at 192 kb/s
Infos : 1 channel, 48.0 kHz
Language : en
Audio #3 : AC-3 at 192 kb/s
Infos : 1 channel, 48.0 kHz
Language : it
Audio #4 : AC-3 at 192 kb/s
Infos : 1 channel, 48.0 kHz
Language : fr
Audio #5 : AC-3 at 192 kb/s
Infos : 1 channel, 48.0 kHz
Language : de [Audio description]

Text #0 : UTF-8
Language : es [forced]
Text #1 : UTF-8
Language : es
Text #2 : UTF-8
Language : de
Text #3 : UTF-8
Language : en [forced]
Text #4 : UTF-8
Language : en
Text #5 : UTF-8
Language : it [forced]
Text #6 : UTF-8
Language : it
Text #7 : UTF-8
Language : fr
Also, the various audio and subtitle tracks are impressive. It’s actually something I’d love to do and been thinking about doing for my favorite films: releases them as multi lingual versions similar to how multi BluRays get released. But it requires a ton of work, dubbing/syncing one audio alone can already be a hassle. But it would be amazing to share a file that people from various countries & languages can enjoy and download/share! Getting the sources isn’t even the issue..I found Spanish, French, German, Italian, russian audio+subs to many of my favorites.

Regarding the 1997 one, I think I could get this release:

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 Es.geschah.am.hellichten.Tag.1997.German.1080p.HDTV.x264
And I will download another release if the 1958 version that I found in HD, maybe it’s even better than the version just shared in the thread here.
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