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.
Cast
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Martin Held
Played Direktor Werner Rame…
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Hanns Lothar
Played Rechtsanwalt Dr. Fox
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Ellen Schwiers
Played Ingrid Bernhardy
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Jürgen Goslar
Played Dr. Heinz Stephan
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Adelheid Seeck
Played Gerda Rameil
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Werner Hinz
Played Landgerichtsrat Rick…
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Lore Hartling
Played Assessorin Ebeling
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Siegfried Wischnewsk…
Played Kriminalinspektor Ge…
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Harald Juhnke
Played Kriminalsekretär Wen…
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Otto Graf
Played Anwalt Dr. Beyer
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Albert Bessler
Played Dr. Hollberg
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Lucie Mannheim
Played Frau Bernhardy
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Hans Hessling
Played Vorsitzender des Sch…
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Hellmut Grube
Played Staatsanwalt Thalman…
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Rudi Schmitt
Played
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Herbert Tiede
Played Dr. Heinz Stephans A…
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Blandine Ebinger
Played Gymnastiklehrerin
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Martin Berliner
Played Beamter beim Nachlas…
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Tilly Lauenstein
Played Aufseherin
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Ursula Diestel
Played
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Maria Milde
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Alexa von Porembsky
Played Sekretärin
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Harald Sawade
Played Portier
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Käte Alving
Played
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Hilla Höfer
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Erich Dunskus
Played
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Ilse Trautschold
Played
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