The Last Witness

The Last Witness by Wolfgang Staudte

6.30

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.

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Cast

Martin Held

Martin Held as Direktor Werner Rameil

Hanns Lothar

Hanns Lothar as Rechtsanwalt Dr. Fox

Ellen Schwiers

Ellen Schwiers as Ingrid Bernhardy

Jürgen Goslar

Jürgen Goslar as Dr. Heinz Stephan

Adelheid Seeck

Adelheid Seeck as Gerda Rameil

Werner Hinz

Werner Hinz as Landgerichtsrat Ricker

Lore Hartling

Lore Hartling as Assessorin Ebeling

Siegfried Wischnewski

Siegfried Wischnewski as Kriminalinspektor Gerhuf

Harald Juhnke

Harald Juhnke as Kriminalsekretär Wenzel

Otto Graf

Otto Graf as Anwalt Dr. Beyer

Albert Bessler

Albert Bessler as Dr. Hollberg

Lucie Mannheim

Lucie Mannheim as Frau Bernhardy

Hans Hessling

Hans Hessling as Vorsitzender des Schwurgerichts

Hellmut Grube

Hellmut Grube as Staatsanwalt Thalmann

Rudi Schmitt

Rudi Schmitt as

Herbert Tiede

Herbert Tiede as Dr. Heinz Stephans Anwalt

Blandine Ebinger

Blandine Ebinger as Gymnastiklehrerin

Martin Berliner

Martin Berliner as Beamter beim Nachlassgericht

Tilly Lauenstein

Tilly Lauenstein as Aufseherin

Ursula Diestel

Ursula Diestel as

Maria Milde

Maria Milde as

Alexa von Porembsky

Alexa von Porembsky as Sekretärin

Harald Sawade

Harald Sawade as Portier

Käte Alving

Käte Alving as

Hilla Höfer

Hilla Höfer as

Erich Dunskus

Erich Dunskus as

Ilse Trautschold

Ilse Trautschold as

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