The Last Witness
1960, German. Directed by Wolfgang Staudte.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Wolfgang StaudteDirector
- Martin HeldDirektor Werner Rameil
- Hanns LotharRechtsanwalt Dr. Fox
- Ellen SchwiersIngrid Bernhardy
- Jürgen GoslarDr. Heinz Stephan
- Adelheid SeeckGerda Rameil
- Werner HinzLandgerichtsrat Ricker
- Lore HartlingAssessorin Ebeling
- Siegfried WischnewskiKriminalinspektor Gerhuf
- Harald JuhnkeKriminalsekretär Wenzel
- Otto GrafAnwalt Dr. Beyer
- Albert BesslerDr. Hollberg
- Lucie MannheimFrau Bernhardy
Details
- Released
- 30 December 1960
- Original title
- Der letzte Zeuge
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Thomas Keck, Robert A. Stemmle, Maximilian Vernberg
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The Last Witness runs 102 minutes (1h 42m).
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The Last Witness isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 30 December 1960. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Last Witness?
The Last Witness (1960) was directed by Wolfgang Staudte and stars Martin Held, Hanns Lothar, Ellen Schwiers.