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.

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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.

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
Hugo Döblin
Hugo Döblin
Enzo Ertini
Enzo Ertini
Hans Gaugler
Hans Gaugler