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The Last Witness is a film of genre Drama directed by Wolfgang Staudte with Martin Held

The Last Witness (1960)

The Last Witness
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Length 1h42
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Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating68% 3.4184953.4184953.4184953.4184953.418495

The Last Witness (German: Der Letzte Zeuge) is a 1960 West German crime film directed by Wolfgang Staudte. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival.

Synopsis

En voyages d’affaires à Berlin, Werner Rameil, directeur d’usine marié et respectable, reçoit un appel téléphonique de sa maîtresse Ingrid Berhnardy, paniquée : leur fille de quatre mois a été étranglée dans son berceau à son domicile à Hambourg. Alors qu’il lui conseille d’appeler la police, la jeune femme, désemparée, se précipite chez son ancien amant, le docteur Stephan. Les soupçons des enquêteurs se portent bientôt sur Ingrid, que son instabilité, son célibat et ses mœurs légères désignent comme la coupable idéale. Elle clame pourtant son innocence.

Actors

Martin Held

(Direktor Werner Rameil)Hanns Lothar

(Rechtsanwalt Dr. Fox)Jürgen Goslar

(Dr. Heinz Stephan)Ellen Schwiers

(Ingrid Bernhardy)Adelheid Seeck

(Gerda Rameil)
And :
Werner Hinz
Siegfried Wischnewski
Albert Bessler
Blandine Ebinger
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