The Last Witness (1960)

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Country: West Germany
Genres: Crime
Release: 1960-12-30
Director: Wolfgang Staudte
Writers: Robert A. Stemmle , Thomas Keck , Maximilian Vernberg
Language: German
Stars: Martin Held , Hanns Lothar , Ellen Schwiers , Jürgen Goslar , Adelheid Seeck , Werner Hinz , Lore Hartling , Siegfried Wischnewski , Harald Juhnke , Otto Graf
Runtime: 102 min
Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations
AKA: L'ultimo testimone (Italy) , Der letzte Zeuge (Germany) , De Laatste Getuige (Belgium) , Det sista vittnet (Sweden) , El último testigo (Mexico) , Viimeinen todistaja (Finland) , Poslednji svedok , The Last Witness , Det siste vitne (Norway) , Der letzte Zeuge , Der letzte Zeuge , A Última Testemunha (Brazil) , Ostatni świadek (Poland) , El último testigo (Spain) , Le Dernier Témoin (France, French Republic) , Az utolsó tanú (Hungary) , Det sidste vidne (Denmark)
Plot: 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 someone else. His position and wealth keep him insulated from suspicion. A hot-shot lawyer must overcome the unaccountably-biased perceptions of the police, the judge, the prosecutor, and almost everyone else in the judicial system. The defense lawyer, driven to an extreme, knows he has to find the real killer or his client will be convicted.
IMDB:tt0054025