Madness Rules

Madness Rules
Heinrich Gretler (left) as Constable Studer
Directed byLeopold Lindtberg
Written by
Starring
CinematographyEmil Berna
Edited byHermann Haller
Music byRobert Blum
Production
company
Praesens-Film
Distributed byPraesens-Film
Release date
  • 17 April 1947 (1947-04-17)
Running time
113 minutes
CountrySwitzerland
LanguageSwiss German

Madness Rules (German: Matto regiert) is a 1947 Swiss crime film directed by Leopold Lindtberg and starring Heinrich Gretler, Heinz Woester and Elisabeth Müller. It is based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Friedrich Glauser. Lead actor Gretler reprised his role of the policeman Jakob Studer from the 1939 film Constable Studer, also adapted from a Glauser novel.