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The Last Witness

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.

1960 |1h 42m |  Crime, Drama

Cast

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Martin Held

Direktor Werner Rameil

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Hanns Lothar

Rechtsanwalt Dr. Fox

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Ellen Schwiers

Ingrid Bernhardy

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Jürgen Goslar

Dr. Heinz Stephan

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Werner Hinz

Landgerichtsrat Ricker

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Siegfried Wischnewski

Kriminalinspektor Gerhuf

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Harald Juhnke

Kriminalsekretär Wenzel

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Albert Bessler

Dr. Hollberg

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Lucie Mannheim

Frau Bernhardy

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Hans Hessling

Vorsitzender des Schwurgerichts

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Herbert Tiede

Dr. Heinz Stephans Anwalt

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Blandine Ebinger

Gymnastiklehrerin

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Tilly Lauenstein

Aufseherin

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Ursula Diestel

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Erich Dunskus

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Ilse Trautschold

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Status

Released

Language

French, German

Budget

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Revenue

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