Madness Rules (1949)
1h 36m
Running Time
April 22, 1949Release Date
Plot.
If any one man is responsible for the rejuvenation of the postwar Swiss film industry, that man was director Leopold Lindtberg. Matto Regiert (Madness Rules) was co-adapted for the screen by Lindtberg from a novel by Friedrich Glauser. Heinrich Gretler stars as Police Constable Studer, the hero of several of Glauser's most popular works. This time, Studer must solve the murder of the director of an insane asylum -- and it's not (surprise, surprise) the most likely suspect, manic-depressive patient Herbert Caplaun. For box-office purposes, Matto Regiert stresses a romantic subplot involving Caplaun and nurse Irma Wasem.
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Cast & Crew.
Heinrich Gretler
Wachtmeister Jakob Studer
Heinz Woester
Dr. med Ernst Laduner
Sigfrit Steiner
Kommissar
Irene Naef
Margrit Laduner
Adolf Manz
Georg Kaplaun
Olaf Kübler
Herbert Kaplaun
Elisabeth Müller
Pflegerin Irma Wasem
Zarli Carigiet
Jules
J. Steiner
Dr. med Ulrich Borstli - Direktor
Hans Kaes
Portier Dreyer
Mathilde Danegger
Frau Dr. Spühler
Otto Brefin
Dr. Schwab
Leopold Lindtberg
Director
Emil Gerber
Jutzeler, Pfleger
Friedrich Glauser
Writer
Alfred Neumann
Writer
Details.
Release DateApril 22, 1949
Original NameMatto regiert
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Genres
Wiki.
Madness Rules (German: Matto regiert) is a 1947 Swiss crime film directed by Leopold Lindtberg and starring Heinrich Gretler, Heinz Woester and Elisabeth Müller. It is based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Friedrich Glauser. Lead actor Gretler reprised his role of the policeman Jakob Studer from the 1939 film Constable Studer, also adapted from a Glauser novel.
