
The Last Witness
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.
Top Cast


Martin Held
Martin Held
Direktor Werner Rameil
Martin Held
Direktor Werner Rameil


Hanns Lothar
Hanns Lothar
Rechtsanwalt Dr. Fox
Hanns Lothar
Rechtsanwalt Dr. Fox


Ellen Schwiers
Ellen Schwiers
Ingrid Bernhardy
Ellen Schwiers
Ingrid Bernhardy


Jürgen Goslar
Jürgen Goslar
Dr. Heinz Stephan
Jürgen Goslar
Dr. Heinz Stephan
Adelheid Seeck
Adelheid Seeck
Gerda Rameil
Adelheid Seeck
Gerda Rameil


Werner Hinz
Werner Hinz
Landgerichtsrat Ricker
Werner Hinz
Landgerichtsrat Ricker
Lore Hartling
Lore Hartling
Assessorin Ebeling
Lore Hartling
Assessorin Ebeling


Siegfried Wischnewski
Siegfried Wischnewski
Kriminalinspektor Gerhuf
Siegfried Wischnewski
Kriminalinspektor Gerhuf


Harald Juhnke
Harald Juhnke
Kriminalsekretär Wenzel
Harald Juhnke
Kriminalsekretär Wenzel
Otto Graf
Otto Graf
Anwalt Dr. Beyer
Otto Graf
Anwalt Dr. Beyer
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