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Constable Studer

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Constable Studer
Directed byLeopold Lindtberg
Written by
Produced byLazar Wechsler
Starring
CinematographyEmil Berna
Edited byKäthe Mey
Music byRobert Blum
Production
company
Distributed byPraesens-Film
Release date
  • 13 October 1939 (1939-10-13)
Running time
112 minutes
CountrySwitzerland
LanguageSwiss 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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009. p. 169
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