The Last Witness

The Last Witness (1960)


  • Genre: Crime, Drama
  • Release Date: 1960-12-30
  • User Rating: 6.3/10 from 16 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 42min
  • Language: Français
  • Production Company: Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Director: Wolfgang Staudte
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Summary

Director Wolfgang Staudte who left East Germany in 1953 to make movies in West Germany, takes a few swipes at the West German judicial system in this fairly effective courtroom drama about the murder of a four-month-old baby. Police almost immediately arrest the mother Ingrid who is the mistress of the father, a rich business VIP married to another woman. His position and wealth keep him insulated from suspicion. A hot-shot lawyer has to overcome the unaccountably biased perceptions of the police, the judge, the prosecutor and almost everyone else in the judicial system. The defence lawyer, driven to an extreme, knows he has to find the real killer or his client will be convicted.

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  • Martin Held

    as Direktor Werner Rameil

  • Hanns Lothar

    as Rechtsanwalt Dr. Fox

  • Ellen Schwiers

    as Ingrid Bernhardy

  • Jürgen Goslar

    as Dr. Heinz Stephan

  • Adelheid Seeck

    as Gerda Rameil

  • Werner Hinz

    as Landgerichtsrat Ricker

  • Lore Hartling

    as Assessorin Ebeling

  • Siegfried Wischnewski

    as Kriminalinspektor Gerhuf

  • Harald Juhnke

    as Kriminalsekretär Wenzel

  • Otto Graf

    as Anwalt Dr. Beyer

  • Albert Bessler

    as Dr. Hollberg

  • Lucie Mannheim

    as Frau Bernhardy

  • Hans Hessling

    as Vorsitzender des Schwurgerichts

  • Hellmut Grube

    as Staatsanwalt Thalmann

  • Rudi Schmitt

    as

  • Herbert Tiede

    as Dr. Heinz Stephans Anwalt

  • Blandine Ebinger

    as Gymnastiklehrerin

  • Martin Berliner

    as Beamter beim Nachlassgericht

  • Tilly Lauenstein

    as Aufseherin

  • Ursula Diestel

    as

  • Maria Milde

    as

  • Alexa von Porembsky

    as Sekretärin

  • Harald Sawade

    as Portier

  • Käte Alving

    as

  • Hilla Höfer

    as

  • Erich Dunskus

    as

  • Ilse Trautschold

    as
Editing Wolfgang Wehrum Editor
Production Kurt Ulrich Producer
Directing Wolfgang Staudte Director
Writing Robert A. Stemmle Screenplay
Crew Ekkehard Kyrath Cinematography
Sound Werner Eisbrenner Original Music Composer
Writing Thomas Keck Screenplay
Writing Maximilian Vernberg Story

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