Constable Studer

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.

Constable Studer
Directed by	Leopold Lindtberg
Written by	Friedrich Glauser (novel) Horst Budjuhn Kurt Guggenheim Richard Schweizer
Produced by	Lazar Wechsler
Starring	Heinrich Gretler Adolf Manz Anne-Marie Blanc
Cinematography	Emil Berna
Edited by	Käthe Mey
Music by	Robert Blum
Production company	Praesens-Film [de]
Distributed by	Praesens-Film
Release date	13 October 1939 (1939-10-13)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	Switzerland
Language	Swiss German

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