''Constable Studer'' (German: ''Wachtmeister Studer'') is a 1939 Swiss

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combin ...

directed by

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 ...

and starring

Heinrich Gretler Heinrich Gretler (1897–1977) was a Swiss film and television actor, who also starred on stage at the Bernhard-Theater in Zurich. Selected filmography * '' The Mysterious Mirror'' (1928) * ''Struggle for the Matterhorn'' (1928) * '' The Man ...

, Adolf Manz and

Anne-Marie Blanc Anne-Marie Blanc (1919–2009) was born on 2 September 1919 in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. She was a Swiss film and television actress. She died on 5 February 2009 in Zurich, Switzerland.

.Bock & Bergfelder p.169 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

as Wachtmeister Jakob Studer / Constable Jakob Studer * Adolf Manz as Bürgermeister Aeschbacher / Mayor Aeschbacher * Bertha Danegger as Mutter Aeschbacher / Mother Aeschbacher *

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 Z ...

as Gottlieb Ellenberger * Ellen Widmann as Anastasia Witschi * Robert Trösch as Armin Witschi *

as Sonja Witschi * Robert Bichler as Erwin Schlumpf *

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as Polizist Murmann / Police officer Murmann *

Zarli Carigiet Zarli Carigiet (5 August 1907 – 6 May 1981) was a Swiss actor and comedian. He was a member of the satirical Cabaret Cornichon and starred in movies by directors such as Leopold Lindtberg, Franz Schnyder, and Kurt Früh. He was the younge ...

as Schreier *

Rudolf Bernhard Rudolf Bernhard or Rudolf Bernhard Conrath (26 March 1901 – 21 October 1962) was a Swiss comedian, radio personality, and stage and film actor starring usually in Swiss German language cinema and television and stage productions. In 1941 Berhar ...

as Schwomm * Sigfrit Steiner as Untersuchungsricher Steffen / Examining magistrate Steffen * Alfred Lucca as Gerber * Rita Liechti as Serviertochter *

Mathilde Danegger Mathilde Danegger ( Mathilde Deutsch; 2 August 1903 – 27 July 1988) was an Austrian stage and movie actress. Sources may also identify her by the pseudonym, Mathilde Leusch; Leusch is apparently a variant of her second husband's surname (Lesch ...

as Frau Hofmann * Willi Ackermann *

Lukas Ammann Lukas Ammann (29 September 1912 – 3 May 2017) was a Swiss actor who appeared mainly in German and Swiss films and television shows. He continued to work steadily for over 60 years. He is best known for his title role in the German televis ...

* Emil Gerber * Carlo Bertozza * Arnold Müdespacher

References

Bibliography

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

External links

* 1939 films 1939 crime films Swiss crime films Swiss German-language films Films directed by Leopold Lindtberg Films based on Swiss novels Police detective films Swiss black-and-white films 1930s police films {{1930s-crime-film-stub