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 byLeopold Lindtberg
Written by
Produced byLazar Wechsler
Starring
CinematographyEmil Berna
Edited byKäthe Mey
Music byRobert Blum
Production
company
Praesens-Film
Distributed byPraesens-Film
Release date
13 October 1939
Running time
112 minutes
CountrySwitzerland
LanguageSwiss German

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 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
  1. Bock & Bergfelder p.169

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


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