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The Last Witness( 1960)

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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 Billed 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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      Adelheid Seeck

      Gerda Rameil

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      Werner Hinz

      Landgerichtsrat Ricker

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      Lore Hartling

      Assessorin Ebeling

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      Siegfried Wischnewski

      Kriminalinspektor Gerhuf

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      Harald Juhnke

      Kriminalsekretär Wenzel

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      Otto Graf

      Anwalt Dr. Beyer

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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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      Hellmut Grube

      Staatsanwalt Thalmann

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      Rudi Schmitt

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      Herbert Tiede

      Dr. Heinz Stephans Anwalt

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      Blandine Ebinger

      Gymnastiklehrerin

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      Martin Berliner

      Beamter beim Nachlassgericht

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      Tilly Lauenstein

      Aufseherin

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      Ursula Diestel

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      Maria Milde

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      Alexa von Porembsky

      Sekretärin

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      Harald Sawade

      Portier

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      Käte Alving

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      Hilla Höfer

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      Erich Dunskus

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      Ilse Trautschold

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • court case