Madness Rules

The story

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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1939

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Madness Rules

1947

Cast

H Heinrich GretlerWachtmeister Studer H Heinz WoesterDr. med. Ernst Laduner I Irene NaefMargrit Laduner S Sigfrit SteinerKommissar F Friedrich Braun O Otto Brefin G Gottlieb Büchi Z Zarli CarigietJules F Fritz Delius H Hugo Döblin E Enzo Ertini H Hans Gaugler

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E Emil GerberJutzeler, Pfleger W Walburga Gmür E Emil Gyr M Max HauflerWeyrauch, Pfleger E Emil HegetschweilerGilgen, Pfleger H Hans Kaes J Jörn Kübler O Olaf KüblerHerbert Caplaun, Sohn M Max Werner Lenz A Adolf ManzGeorg Caplaun V Viktor May W Walter Morath E Elisabeth MüllerIrma Wasem, Krankenschwester A Arno Rita A Armin Schweizer J Johannes Steiner S Schaggi StreuliNachtwächter M Mathilde DaneggerDr. med. Spühler