Constable Studer | |
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Directed by | Leopold Lindtberg |
Produced by | Lazar Wechsler |
Written by |
Friedrich Glauser (novel) Horst Budjuhn Kurt Guggenheim Richard Schweizer |
Starring |
Heinrich Gretler Adolf Manz Anne-Marie Blanc |
Music by | Robert Blum |
Cinematography | Emil Berna |
Edited by | Käthe Mey |
Production
company |
Praesens-Film
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Distributed by | Praesens-Film |
Release date
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13 October 1939 |
Running time
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112 minutes |
Country | Switzerland |
Language | Swiss 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. 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.
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.