Madness Rules

Madness Rules

96 mins | Drama, Crime | April 22, 1949

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.

Madness Rules

96 mins | Drama, Crime | April 22, 1949

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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Praesens-Film AG
Original title Matto regiert
Directors Leopold Lindtberg
Writers Friedrich Glauser

Cast

Heinrich Gretler

as Wachtmeister Studer

Heinz Woester

as Dr. med. Ernst Laduner

Irene Naef

as Margrit Laduner

Sigfrit Steiner

as Kommissar

Zarli Carigiet

as Jules

Emil Gerber

as Jutzeler, Pfleger

Max Haufler

as Weyrauch, Pfleger

Emil Hegetschweiler

as Gilgen, Pfleger

Olaf Kübler

as Herbert Caplaun, Sohn

Adolf Manz

as Georg Caplaun

Elisabeth Müller

as Irma Wasem, Krankenschwester

Schaggi Streuli

as Nachtwächter

Mathilde Danegger

as Dr. med. Spühler