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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.
Director
Writers
Robert A. Stemmle, Thomas Keck, Maximilian Vernberg
Producer
Music
Studio
Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion
Original Title
Der letzte Zeuge
Original Language
German
Keywords
Cast
Full credits →M
Martin Held
Direktor Werner Rameil
H
Hanns Lothar
Rechtsanwalt Dr. Fox
E
Ellen Schwiers
Ingrid Bernhardy
J
Jürgen Goslar
Dr. Heinz Stephan
A
Adelheid Seeck
Gerda Rameil
W
Werner Hinz
Landgerichtsrat Ricker
L
Lore Hartling
Assessorin Ebeling
S
Siegfried Wischnewski
Kriminalinspektor Gerhuf
H
Harald Juhnke
Kriminalsekretär Wenzel
O
Otto Graf
Anwalt Dr. Beyer
A
Albert Bessler
Dr. Hollberg
L
Lucie Mannheim
Frau Bernhardy
H
Hans Hessling
Vorsitzender des Schwurgerichts
H
Hellmut Grube
Staatsanwalt Thalmann
R
Rudi Schmitt
H
Herbert Tiede
Dr. Heinz Stephans Anwalt
B
Blandine Ebinger
Gymnastiklehrerin
M
Martin Berliner
Beamter beim Nachlassgericht
T
Tilly Lauenstein
Aufseherin
U
Ursula Diestel
