Constable Studer

Produced byLazar WechslerStarringCinematographyEmil BernaEdited byKäthe MeyMusic byRobert BlumDistributed byPraesens-Film112 minutesCountrySwitzerlandLanguageSwiss 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 Zürich 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

• Heinrich Gretler as Wachtmeister Jakob Studer / Constable Jakob Studer
• Adolf Manz as Bürgermeister Aeschbacher / Mayor Aeschbacher
• Bertha Danegger as Mutter Aeschbacher / Mother Aeschbacher
• Armin Schweizer as Gottlieb Ellenberger
• Ellen Widmann as Anastasia Witschi
• Robert Trösch as Armin Witschi
• Anne-Marie Blanc as Sonja Witschi
• Robert Bichler as Erwin Schlumpf
• Hans Kaes as Polizist Murmann / Police officer Murmann
• Zarli Carigiet as Schreier
• Rudolf Bernhard as Schwomm
• Sigfrit Steiner as Untersuchungsricher Steffen / Examining magistrate Steffen
• Alfred Lucca as Gerber
• Rita Liechti as Serviertochter
• Mathilde Danegger as Frau Hofmann
• Willi Ackermann
• Lukas Ammann
• Emil Gerber
• Carlo Bertozza
• Arnold Müdespacher

References

External links

• Constable Studer at IMDb