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Constable Studer
Directed byLeopold Lindtberg
Written byFriedrich Glauser
(novel)
Horst Budjuhn
Kurt Guggenheim
Richard Schweizer
Produced byLazar Wechsler
StarringHeinrich Gretler
Adolf Manz
Anne-Marie Blanc
CinematographyEmil Berna
Edited byKäthe Mey
Music byRobert Blum
Production
company
Praesens-Film
Distributed byPraesens-Film
Release date
13 October 1939
Running time
112 minutes
CountrySwitzerland
LanguageSwiss German

Constable Studer (German: Wachtmeister Studer) is a 1939 Swiss crime film directed by Leopold Lindtberg and starring Heinrich Gretler, Adolf Manz and Anne-Marie Blanc.[1] The film is based on a novel by Friedrich Glauser. It was followed by a sequel Madness Rules in 1947 with Gretler reprising his role.

It was shot at the Rosenhof Studios in Zurich over the summer of 1939.

Synopsis

A policeman is not convinced that the prime suspect in a murder case is realty guilty and so decides to reinvestigate the case, despite the lack of co-operation from locals.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.169

Bibliography

  • Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.