Madness Rules
Released: April 17, 1947Runtime: 96 minLanguage: DE
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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Heinrich Gretler
as Wachtmeister Jakob Studer
Heinz Woester
as Dr. med Ernst Laduner
Irene Naef
as Margrit Laduner
Adolf Manz
as Georg Kaplaun
Olaf Kubler
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Elisabeth Muller
as Pflegerin Irma Wasem
Johannes Steiner
as Dr. med Ulrich Borstli - Direktor
Hans Kaes
as Portier Dreyer
Mathilde Danegger
as Frau Dr. Spühler
Otto Brefin
as Dr. Schwab
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