The Last Witness (1960 film)

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.

The Last Witness
Film poster
Directed by	Wolfgang Staudte
Written by	Thomas Keck Robert A. Stemmle Maximilian Vernberg
Produced by	Kurt Ulrich Heinz Willeg
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	30 December 1960 (1960-12-30)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Cast

• 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