The Last Witness (1960 film)
| The Last Witness | |
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| Directed by | Wolfgang Staudte |
| Written by | |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | Martin Held Hanns Lothar Ellen Schwiers |
| Cinematography | Ekkehard Kyrath |
| Edited by | Wolfgang Wehrum |
| Music by | Werner Eisbrenner |
Production company | Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion |
| Distributed by | Europa-Filmverleih |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The Last Witness (German: Der Letzte Zeuge) is a 1960 West German crime film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Martin Held, Hanns Lothar and Ellen Schwiers.[1] It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.[2] It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Kuhnert.
Cast
[edit]- Martin Held as Direktor Werner Rameil
- Hanns Lothar as Lawyer Dr. Fox
- Ellen Schwiers as Ingrid Bernhardy
- Jürgen Goslar as Dr. Heinz Stephan
- Adelheid Seeck as Gerda Rameil
- Werner Hinz as Landgerichtsrat Ricker
- Lore Hartling as Assessorin Ebeling
- Siegfried Wischnewski as Kriminalinspektor Gerhuf
- Harald Juhnke as Kriminalsekretär Wenzel
- Otto Graf as Anwalt Dr. Beyer
- Albert Bessler as Dr. Hollberg
- Lucie Mannheim as Frau Bernhardy
- Hans Hessling as Vorsitzender des Schwurgerichts
- Hellmut Grube as Prosecutor Thalmann
- Rudi Schmitt as Amtsgerichtsrat Glänzer
- Herbert Tiede as Dr. Heinz Stephan's Lawyer
- Blandine Ebinger as Gymnastiklehrerin
References
[edit]- ^ Goble p.477
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Last Witness". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 21 February 2009.
Bibliography
[edit]- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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