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Constable Studer
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Wikipedia article
'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.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
* Heinrich Gretler as Wachtmeister Jakob Studer / Constable Jakob Studer
* Adolf Manz as Brgermeister Aeschbacher / Mayor Aeschbacher
* Bertha Danegger as Mutter Aeschbacher / Mother Aeschbacher
* Armin Schweizer as Gottlieb Ellenberger
* Ellen Widmann as Anastasia Witschi
* Robert Trsch 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 Mdespacher
References
Bibliography
* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. 'The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema'. Berghahn Books, 2009.
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