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Madness Rules
''Madness Rules'' (German: ''Matto regiert'') is a 1947 Swiss crime film directed by Leopold Lindtberg and starring Heinrich Gretler, Heinz Woester and Elisabeth Müller.Fritsche p.31 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. Production The film was shot between December 1946 and March 1947 at the Bellerive and Rosenhof Studios in Zurich with some location shooting around Königsfelden. The film cost around 395,000 Swiss Francs. Synopsis The police investigate the murder of the head of a mental hospital who had recently been in dispute with his colleague over their treatment of a young patient. Cast * Heinrich Gretler as Constable Jakob Studer * Heinz Woester as Doctor Ernst Laduner * Elisabeth Müller Sister Irma Wasem * Friedrich Braun as Patient * Otto Brefin * Gottlieb Büchi * Zarli Carigiet as P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold Lindtberg
Leopold Lindtberg (born in Vienna on 1 June 1902; died in Sils im Engadin/Segl on 18 April 1984) was an Austrian Swiss film and theatre director. He fled Austria due to the Machtergreifung in Germany and ultimately settled in Switzerland. His sister Hedwig was married to the Austrian/American musicologist Felix Salzer. Awards * 1941 Coppa Mussolini for ''Die Missbrauchten Liebesbriefe'' (The abused love letters) * 1946 Golden Globe for ''The Last Chance'' * 1946 International Film Festival of Cannes 1946: Grand Prix and International Peace Prize for ''The Last Chance'' * 1951 One of four inaugural Golden Bears at the Berlinale 1951 for ''Four in a Jeep'' * 1953 Bronze Bear for ''Unser Dorf'' (Our Village) at the Berlinale 1953 * 1953 Silver laurel of David O. Selznick Award for ''Unser Dorf'' (Our Village) * 1956 Josef Kainz Medal * 1958 Member of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts * 1958 Price of Zurich for ''Unser Dorf'' (Our Village) * 1959 Film of the City of Zurich f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Delius (actor)
Fritz Delius (28 September 1890 20 September 1966) was a German film actor and theater artist. He played leading parts opposite Henny Porten and Fern Andra in several silent films. After the advent of talkies he shifted his focus to theater. When Adolf Hitler came to power and several restrictions began to be imposed on Jews, Delius emigrated to Switzerland where he continued his theater and film career. Biography The actor Fritz Delius was born on 28 September 1890 as Friedrich Wilhelm Diamant in Berlin. He made his theater debut in 1909 at the Meiningen Court Theatre and later acted frequently at the Reinhardt theaters in Berlin and Vienna. When the production of silent films began during the First World War, Delius started his film acting career. He played the leading actor opposite actress Henny Porten in several films. Some of his early films include ' (1915), ' (1916), ' (1917). Fern Andra was another actress opposite whom he starred in several films. He was also credit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Police Detective Films
The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and the use of force legitimized by the state via the monopoly on violence. The term is most commonly associated with the police forces of a sovereign state that are authorized to exercise the police power of that state within a defined legal or territorial area of responsibility. Police forces are often defined as being separate from the military and other organizations involved in the defense of the state against foreign aggressors; however, gendarmerie are military units charged with civil policing. Police forces are usually public sector services, funded through taxes. Law enforcement is only part of policing activity. Policing has included an array of activities in different situations, but the predominant ones are concerned with the prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Based On Swiss Novels
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Leopold Lindtberg
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss German-language Films
Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss International Air Lines ** Swiss Global Air Lines, a subsidiary * Swissair, former national air line of Switzerland *.swiss alternative TLD for Switzerland See also * Swiss made, label for Swiss products * Swiss cheese (other) * Switzerland (other) *Languages of Switzerland, none of which are called "Swiss" *International Typographic Style, also known as Swiss Style, in graphic design *Schweizer (other), meaning Swiss in German *Schweitzer, a family name meaning Swiss in German *Swisse Swisse is a vitamin, supplement, and skincare brand. Founded in Australia in 1969 and globally headquartered in Melbourne, and was sold to Health & Happiness, a Chinese company based in Hong Kong previously known as Biostime Internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Crime Films
Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland *Swiss people Places *Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia *Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports *Swiss International Air Lines **Swiss Global Air Lines, a subsidiary *Swissair, former national air line of Switzerland *.swiss alternative TLD for Switzerland See also *Swiss made, label for Swiss products *Swiss cheese (other) *Switzerland (other) *Languages of Switzerland, none of which are called "Swiss" *International Typographic Style, also known as Swiss Style, in graphic design *Schweizer (other), meaning Swiss in German *Schweitzer, a family name meaning Swiss in German *Swisse Swisse is a vitamin, supplement, and skincare brand. Founded in Australia in 1969 and globally headquartered in Melbourne, and was sold to Health & Happiness, a Chinese company based in Hong Kong previously known as Biostime International, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 Crime Films
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in the 20th century causes extensive disruption of travel. Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, it is mainly remembered in terms of its effects on the railway network. * January 1 - The Canadian Citizenship Act comes into effect. * January 4 – First issue of weekly magazine ''Der Spiegel'' published in Hanover, Germany, edited by Rudolf Augstein. * January 10 – The United Nations adopts a resolution to take control of the free city of Trieste. * January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles; the mysterious case is never solved. * January 16 – Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as president of France. * January 19 – Ferry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 Films
The year 1947 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1947 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events *April 19 – Monogram Pictures release their first film under their Allied Artists banner, ''It Happened on Fifth Avenue''. *May 22 – ''Great Expectations'' is premiered in New York. *August 31 – The first Edinburgh International Film Festival opens at the Playhouse Cinema, presented by the Edinburgh Film Guild as part of the Edinburgh Festival of the Arts. Originally specialising in documentaries, it will become the world's oldest continually running film festival. *November 24 – The United States House of Representatives of the 80th Congress voted 346 to 17 to approve citations for contempt of Congress against the "Hollywood Ten". *November 25 – The Waldorf Statement is released by the executives of the United States motion picture industry that marks the beginning of the Hollywood blacklist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schaggi Streuli
Schaggi Streuli (1899–1980) was a Swiss film and television actor, who also starred on stage at the Bernhard-Theater Zürich. Selected filmography * '' Gilberte de Courgenay'' (1942) * ''Madness Rules'' (1947) * '' Palace Hotel'' (1952) * ''Sacred Waters Sacred waters are sacred natural sites characterized by tangible topographical land formations such as rivers, lakes, springs, reservoirs, and oceans, as opposed to holy water which is water elevated with the sacramental blessing of a cleric. T ...'' (1960) References External links * 1899 births 1980 deaths People from Pfäffikon District Swiss male film actors {{Switzerland-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigfrit Steiner
Sigfrit Steiner (31 October 1906 – 21 March 1988) was a Swiss actor. His first stage performance was in 1928 in Gera. He performed in more than one hundred films. He was married to journalist and author Anne Rose Katz. Selected filmography * ''Fusilier Wipf'' (1938) - Oberleutnant * ''Constable Studer'' (1939) - Untersuchungsricher Steffen * ''Dilemma'' (1940) - Prosecutor * ''Das Menschlein Matthias'' (1941) - Gemperle * ''Bieder der Flieger'' (1941) - Schwarzhausen * ''Steinbruch'' (1942) - Näppi - Dorfidiot * ''Menschen, die vorüberziehen'' (1943) - Gendarme * '' The Last Chance'' (1945) - Military Doctor * ''Madness Rules'' (1947) - Kommissar * ''Nach dem Sturm'' (1948) * ''Land der Sehnsucht'' (1950) * '' Palace Hotel'' (1952) - Gloor * '' The Village'' (1953) - Heinrich Meile * '' On Trial'' (1954) - Geôlier (uncredited) * ''Uli the Tenant'' (1955) - Gegenanwalt * ''Polizischt Wäckerli'' (1956) - Arzt * '' Kitty and the Great Big World'' (1956) - Polizeibeamter * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armin Schweizer
Armin Schweizer (28 April 1892 – 8 October 1968) was a Swiss actor. Schweizer was born in Zurich, Switzerland and died there at age 76 Selected filmography * ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'' (1918) * '' The Galley Slave'' (1919) * ''The Mayor of Zalamea'' (1920) * ''Stradivari'' (1935) * '' August der Starke'' (1936) * ''Der Kaiser von Kalifornien'' (1936) * ''Kleine Scheidegg'' (1937) * ''The Mountain Calls'' (1938) * '' Nanon'' (1938) * ''Bachelor's Paradise'' (1939) * ''Constable Studer'' (1939) * '' Who's Kissing Madeleine?'' (1939) * ''The Three Codonas'' (1940) * ''Jakko'' (1941) * ''Riding for Germany'' (1941) * '' Münchhausen'' (1943) * '' Young Hearts'' (1944) * ''Madness Rules'' (1947) * ''An Everyday Story'' (1948) * '' After the Storm'' (1948) * ''Heidi'' (1952) * ''Bandits of the Autobahn'' (1955) * '' Bäckerei Zürrer'' (1957) * ''William Tell William Tell (german: Wilhelm Tell, ; french: Guillaume Tell; it, Guglielmo Tell; rm, Guglielm Tell) is a folk hero of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
