The Last Witness
The Last Witness

The Last Witness

6.4

1 hr 42 min

1960-12-30

20

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.

Crime

Drama

Trailers

Characters

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

Adelheid Seeck

Adelheid Seeck

Gerda Rameil

Werner Hinz

Werner Hinz

Landgerichtsrat Ricker

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