The Last Witness (1960)

  • 12
  • 12/30/1960 (DE)
  • Crime, Drama
  • 1h 42m

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.

Wolfgang Staudte

Director

Thomas Keck

Screenplay

Robert A. Stemmle

Screenplay

Maximilian Vernberg

Story

Cast

Martin Held's headshot

Martin Held

Direktor Werner Rameil
Hanns Lothar's headshot

Hanns Lothar

Rechtsanwalt Dr. Fox
Ellen Schwiers's headshot

Ellen Schwiers

Ingrid Bernhardy
Jürgen Goslar's headshot

Jürgen Goslar

Dr. Heinz Stephan
Adelheid Seeck's headshot

Adelheid Seeck

Gerda Rameil
Werner Hinz's headshot

Werner Hinz

Landgerichtsrat Ricker
Lore Hartling's headshot

Lore Hartling

Assessorin Ebeling
Siegfried Wischnewski's headshot

Siegfried Wischnewski

Kriminalinspektor Gerhuf

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