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The Last Witness (1960)

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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Wolfgang Staudte profile
Wolfgang Staudte

Director

Thomas Keck profile
Thomas Keck

Screenplay

Cast

Martin Held profile
Martin Held

Direktor Werner Rameil

Hanns Lothar profile
Hanns Lothar

Rechtsanwalt Dr. Fox

Ellen Schwiers profile
Ellen Schwiers

Ingrid Bernhardy

Jürgen Goslar profile
Jürgen Goslar

Dr. Heinz Stephan

Adelheid Seeck profile
Adelheid Seeck

Gerda Rameil

Werner Hinz profile
Werner Hinz

Landgerichtsrat Ricker

Lore Hartling profile
Lore Hartling

Assessorin Ebeling

Siegfried Wischnewski profile
Siegfried Wischnewski

Kriminalinspektor Gerhuf

Harald Juhnke profile
Harald Juhnke

Kriminalsekretär Wenzel

Otto Graf profile
Otto Graf

Anwalt Dr. Beyer

Albert Bessler profile
Albert Bessler

Dr. Hollberg

Lucie Mannheim profile
Lucie Mannheim

Frau Bernhardy

Martin Held profile
Martin Held

Direktor Werner Rameil

Hanns Lothar profile
Hanns Lothar

Rechtsanwalt Dr. Fox

Ellen Schwiers profile
Ellen Schwiers

Ingrid Bernhardy

Jürgen Goslar profile
Jürgen Goslar

Dr. Heinz Stephan

Adelheid Seeck profile
Adelheid Seeck

Gerda Rameil

Werner Hinz profile
Werner Hinz

Landgerichtsrat Ricker

Lore Hartling profile
Lore Hartling

Assessorin Ebeling

Siegfried Wischnewski profile
Siegfried Wischnewski

Kriminalinspektor Gerhuf

Harald Juhnke profile
Harald Juhnke

Kriminalsekretär Wenzel

Otto Graf profile
Otto Graf

Anwalt Dr. Beyer

Albert Bessler profile
Albert Bessler

Dr. Hollberg

Lucie Mannheim profile
Lucie Mannheim

Frau Bernhardy

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Release Date

December 30, 1960

Original Language

French, German

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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