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.

Top Cast

Heinrich Gretler

Wachtmeister Studer

Heinz Woester

Dr. med. Ernst Laduner

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Irene Naef

Margrit Laduner

Sigfrit Steiner

Kommissar

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Friedrich Braun

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Otto Brefin

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Gottlieb Büchi

Zarli Carigiet

Jules

Fritz Delius

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Hugo Döblin

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Enzo Ertini

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Hans Gaugler