Madness Rules (1949)

Summary

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

as Wachtmeister Studer
Heinz Woester

as Dr. med. Ernst Laduner
Irene Naef

as Margrit Laduner
Sigfrit Steiner

as Kommissar
Friedrich Braun

as
Otto Brefin

as
Gottlieb Büchi

as
Zarli Carigiet

as Jules
Fritz Delius

as
Hugo Döblin

as
Enzo Ertini

as
Hans Gaugler

as
Emil Gerber

as Jutzeler, Pfleger
Walburga Gmür

as
Emil Gyr

as
Max Haufler

as Weyrauch, Pfleger
Emil Hegetschweiler

as Gilgen, Pfleger
Hans Kaes

as
Jörn Kübler

as
Olaf Kübler

as Herbert Caplaun, Sohn
Max Werner Lenz

as
Adolf Manz

as Georg Caplaun
Viktor May

as
Walter Morath

as
Elisabeth Müller

as Irma Wasem, Krankenschwester
Arno Rita

as
Armin Schweizer

as
Johannes Steiner

as
Schaggi Streuli

as Nachtwächter
Mathilde Danegger

as Dr. med. Spühler

Directing	Leopold Lindtberg	Director
Writing	Friedrich Glauser	Novel