The Last Witness (Der letzte Zeuge) 63 years old

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.

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The Last Witness Cast

Name Character
Hanns Lothar He was 31, 37 years old when he died as Rechtsanwalt Dr. Fox
Harald Juhnke He was 31, 76 years old when he died as Kriminalsekretär Wenzel
Werner Hinz He was 57, 82 years old when he died as Landgerichtsrat Ricker
Alexa von Porembsky She was 54, 74 years old when she died as Sekretärin
Adelheid Seeck She was 48, 60 years old when she died as Gerda Rameil
Ellen Schwiers She was 30, 88 years old when she died as Ingrid Bernhardy
Blandine Ebinger She was 61, 94 years old when she died as Gymnastiklehrerin
Albert Bessler He was 55, 70 years old when he died as Dr. Hollberg
Jürgen Goslar He was 33, now 97 years old as Dr. Heinz Stephan
Lore Hartling She was 28, 62 years old when she died as Assessorin Ebeling
Hans Hessling He was 57, 91 years old when he died as Vorsitzender des Schwurgerichts
Tilly Lauenstein She was 45, 86 years old when she died as Aufseherin
Herbert Tiede He was 45, 72 years old when he died as Dr. Heinz Stephans Anwalt
Siegfried Wischnewski He was 38, 66 years old when he died as Kriminalinspektor Gerhuf
Otto Graf He was 64, 80 years old when he died as Anwalt Dr. Beyer
Martin Held He was 52, 83 years old when he died as Direktor Werner Rameil
Lucie Mannheim She was 61, 77 years old when she died as Frau Bernhardy

The Last Witness Crew

Name Department
Ekkehard Kyrath as Cinematography. He was 51 (52) years old when He died Crew
Wolfgang Staudte as Director. He was 54 (77) years old when He died Directing
Robert A. Stemmle as Screenplay. He was 57 (70) years old when He died Writing
Werner Eisbrenner as Original Music Composer. He was 52 (72) years old when He died Sound
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The Last Witness (63 years)

  • Release day: Friday, December 30, 1960
  • Runtime: 102 minutes