Constable Studer

Constable Studer
Directed by	Leopold Lindtberg
Written by	Friedrich Glauser (novel) Richard Schweizer
Produced by
Starring	Heinrich Gretler Anne-Marie Blanc
Cinematography	Emil Berna
Edited by	Käthe Mey
Music by
Production company	[de]
Distributed by	Praesens-Film
Release date	13 October 1939
Running time	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, 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 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
• as Bürgermeister Aeschbacher / Mayor Aeschbacher
• as Mutter Aeschbacher / Mother Aeschbacher
• Armin Schweizer as Gottlieb Ellenberger
• as Anastasia Witschi
• Robert Trösch as Armin Witschi
• Anne-Marie Blanc as Sonja Witschi
• as Erwin Schlumpf
• as Polizist Murmann / Police officer Murmann
• Zarli Carigiet as Schreier
• Rudolf Bernhard as Schwomm
• Sigfrit Steiner as Untersuchungsricher Steffen / Examining magistrate Steffen
• as Gerber
• as Serviertochter
• Mathilde Danegger as Frau Hofmann
• Lukas Ammann

References[]

Bibliography[]

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

External links[]

• Constable Studer at IMDb

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