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The Last Witness

The Last Witness

Crime

Drama

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.

Date: 12/30/1960
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Martin Held, Hanns Lothar, Ellen Schwiers, Jürgen Goslar, Adelheid Seeck, Werner Hinz, Lore Hartling, Siegfried Wischnewski, Harald Juhnke, Otto Graf, Albert Bessler, Lucie Mannheim, Hans Hessling, Hellmut Grube, Rudi Schmitt, Herbert Tiede, Blandine Ebinger, Martin Berliner, Tilly Lauenstein, Ursula Diestel, Maria Milde, Alexa von Porembsky, Harald Sawade, Käte Alving, Hilla Höfer, Erich Dunskus, Ilse Trautschold

Martin Held as Direktor Werner Rameil in The Last Witness Martin Held

Hanns Lothar as Rechtsanwalt Dr. Fox in The Last Witness Hanns Lothar

Ellen Schwiers as Ingrid Bernhardy in The Last Witness Ellen Schwiers

Jürgen Goslar as Dr. Heinz Stephan in The Last Witness Jürgen Goslar

Adelheid Seeck

Werner Hinz as Landgerichtsrat Ricker in The Last Witness Werner Hinz

Lore Hartling

Siegfried Wischnewski as Kriminalinspektor Gerhuf in The Last Witness Siegfried Wischnewski

Harald Juhnke as Kriminalsekretär Wenzel in The Last Witness Harald Juhnke

Otto Graf

Albert Bessler as Dr. Hollberg in The Last Witness Albert Bessler

Lucie Mannheim as Frau Bernhardy in The Last Witness Lucie Mannheim

Hans Hessling as Vorsitzender des Schwurgerichts in The Last Witness Hans Hessling

Hellmut Grube

Rudi Schmitt

Herbert Tiede as Dr. Heinz Stephans Anwalt in The Last Witness Herbert Tiede

Blandine Ebinger as Gymnastiklehrerin in The Last Witness Blandine Ebinger

Martin Berliner

Tilly Lauenstein as Aufseherin in The Last Witness Tilly Lauenstein

Ursula Diestel as  in The Last Witness Ursula Diestel

Maria Milde

Alexa von Porembsky

Harald Sawade

Käte Alving

Hilla Höfer

Erich Dunskus as  in The Last Witness Erich Dunskus

Ilse Trautschold as  in The Last Witness Ilse Trautschold

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