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
Wachtmeister Studer
Heinz Woester
Dr. med. Ernst Laduner
Irene Naef
Margrit Laduner
Sigfrit Steiner
Kommissar
Friedrich Braun
Unknown
Otto Brefin
Unknown
Gottlieb Büchi
Unknown
Zarli Carigiet
Jules
Fritz Delius
Unknown
Hugo Döblin
Unknown
Enzo Ertini
Unknown
Hans Gaugler
Unknown
Emil Gerber
Jutzeler, Pfleger
Walburga Gmür
Unknown
Emil Gyr
Unknown
Max Haufler
Weyrauch, Pfleger
Emil Hegetschweiler
Gilgen, Pfleger
Hans Kaes
Unknown
Jörn Kübler
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Olaf Kübler
Herbert Caplaun, Sohn
Max Werner Lenz
Unknown
Adolf Manz
Georg Caplaun
Viktor May
Unknown
Walter Morath
Unknown
Elisabeth Müller
Irma Wasem, Krankenschwester
Arno Rita
Unknown
Armin Schweizer
Unknown
Johannes Steiner
Unknown
Schaggi Streuli
Nachtwächter
Mathilde Danegger
Dr. med. Spühler
