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Madness Rules

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.

Top Cast

  • Heinrich Gretler

    Heinrich Gretler

    Wachtmeister Studer

  • Heinz Woester

    Heinz Woester

    Dr. med. Ernst Laduner

  • Irene Naef

    Irene Naef

    Margrit Laduner

  • Sigfrit Steiner

    Sigfrit Steiner

    Kommissar

  • Friedrich Braun

    Friedrich Braun

  • Otto Brefin

    Otto Brefin

  • Gottlieb Büchi

    Gottlieb Büchi

  • Zarli Carigiet

    Zarli Carigiet

    Jules

  • Fritz Delius

    Fritz Delius

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.

Rating

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