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Madness Rules

Apr 17, 1947 · 1h 36m
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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

Heinrich Gretler
Wachtmeister Studer
Heinz Woester
Dr. med. Ernst Laduner
Irene Naef
Margrit Laduner
Sigfrit Steiner
Kommissar
Friedrich Braun
Otto Brefin
Gottlieb Büchi
Zarli Carigiet
Jules
Directed by Leopold Lindtberg

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Praesens-Film
Country
CH
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