
Madness Rules(1947)
Overview
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
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
Emil Gerber
Jutzeler, Pfleger
Walburga Gmür
Emil Gyr
Max Haufler
Weyrauch, Pfleger

Emil Hegetschweiler
Gilgen, Pfleger
Hans Kaes
Jörn Kübler
Olaf Kübler
Herbert Caplaun, Sohn
Max Werner Lenz
Adolf Manz
Georg Caplaun
Viktor May
Walter Morath

Elisabeth Müller
Irma Wasem, Krankenschwester
Arno Rita
Armin Schweizer
Johannes Steiner

Schaggi Streuli
Nachtwächter

Mathilde Danegger
Dr. med. Spühler
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