Madness Rules

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Leopold Lindtberg

Writers

Friedrich Glauser

Language

German

Country

Switzerland

Release date

17 April 1947

Ensemble

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

• 

  Fritz Delius

• Hugo Döblin

• Enzo Ertini

• Hans Gaugler