The Last Witness(1960)

62

1h 42m

  • 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.

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

  • Werner Hinz

    Werner Hinz

    Landgerichtsrat Ricker

  • Siegfried Wischnewski

    Siegfried Wischnewski

    Kriminalinspektor Gerhuf

  • Harald Juhnke

    Harald Juhnke

    Kriminalsekretär Wenzel

  • Albert Bessler

    Albert Bessler

    Dr. Hollberg

  • Lucie Mannheim

    Lucie Mannheim

    Frau Bernhardy

  • Hans Hessling

    Hans Hessling

    Vorsitzender des Schwurgerichts

  • Herbert Tiede

    Herbert Tiede

    Dr. Heinz Stephans Anwalt

  • Blandine Ebinger

    Blandine Ebinger

    Gymnastiklehrerin

  • Tilly Lauenstein

    Tilly Lauenstein

    Aufseherin

  • Ursula Diestel

    Ursula Diestel

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    Status

    Released (Dec 30, 1960)

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