The Last Witness (1960)

ALL 12/30/1960 (de) Crime, Drama 102 Min
  • Release
    12/30/1960
  • Production
    Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion
  • Rotten tomato
    63%
  • Original title
    Der letzte Zeuge
  • Original language
    de
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Wolfgang Staudte

    Director

  2. Kurt Ulrich

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Martin Held

    Direktor Werner Rameil

  2. Hanns Lothar

    Rechtsanwalt Dr. Fox

  3. Ellen Schwiers

    Ingrid Bernhardy

  4. Jürgen Goslar

    Dr. Heinz Stephan

  5. Adelheid Seeck

    Gerda Rameil

  6. Werner Hinz

    Landgerichtsrat Ricker

  7. Lore Hartling

    Assessorin Ebeling

  8. Siegfried Wischnewski

    Kriminalinspektor Gerhuf

  9. Harald Juhnke

    Kriminalsekretär Wenzel

  10. Otto Graf

    Anwalt Dr. Beyer

  11. Albert Bessler

    Dr. Hollberg

  12. Lucie Mannheim

    Frau Bernhardy

  13. Hans Hessling

    Vorsitzender des Schwurgerichts

  14. Hellmut Grube

    Staatsanwalt Thalmann

  15. Rudi Schmitt

  16. Herbert Tiede

    Dr. Heinz Stephans Anwalt

  17. Blandine Ebinger

    Gymnastiklehrerin

  18. Martin Berliner

    Beamter beim Nachlassgericht

  19. Tilly Lauenstein

    Aufseherin

  20. Ursula Diestel

  21. Maria Milde

  22. Alexa von Porembsky

    Sekretärin

  23. Harald Sawade

    Portier

  24. Käte Alving

  25. Hilla Höfer

  26. Erich Dunskus

  27. Ilse Trautschold

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 27 , Crews : 8

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The Last Witness (1960) 102 Min

ALL 12/30/1960 (de)
Crime, Drama
  • Release 12/30/1960
  • Production
    Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion
  • Original title Der letzte Zeuge
  • de
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Wolfgang Staudte

    Director

  2. Maximilian Vernberg

    Story

  3. Wolfgang Wehrum

    Editor

  4. Kurt Ulrich

    Producer