The Last Witness

The Last Witness

1960
1h 42m
6.2

6.2/10

19 votes • View on IMDb
Crime Drama
Overview

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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Status: Released

Language: DE

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Production Information

Production Companies
Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion
Production Countries
Germany
Spoken Languages
French German

Keywords

court case

Quick Facts

Original Title Der letzte Zeuge
Release Date December 30, 1960
Status Released
Language DE
IMDb ID tt0054025

Cast

Martin Held
Martin Held

Direktor Werner Rameil

Hanns Lothar
Hanns Lothar

Rechtsanwalt Dr. Fox

Ellen Schwiers
Ellen Schwiers

Ingrid Bernhardy

Jürgen Goslar
Jürgen Goslar

Dr. Heinz Stephan

Adelheid Seeck
Adelheid Seeck

Gerda Rameil

Werner Hinz
Werner Hinz

Landgerichtsrat Ricker

Lore Hartling
Lore Hartling

Assessorin Ebeling

Siegfried Wischnewski
Siegfried Wischnewski

Kriminalinspektor Gerhuf

Harald Juhnke
Harald Juhnke

Kriminalsekretär Wenzel

Otto Graf
Otto Graf

Anwalt Dr. Beyer

Albert Bessler
Albert Bessler

Dr. Hollberg

Lucie Mannheim
Lucie Mannheim

Frau Bernhardy

Key Crew

Kurt Ulrich
Producer
Wolfgang Staudte
Director
Robert A. Stemmle
Screenplay
Thomas Keck
Screenplay