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 byWolfgang Staudte
Written by
Produced by
StarringMartin Held
Hanns Lothar
Ellen Schwiers
CinematographyEkkehard Kyrath
Edited byWolfgang Wehrum
Music byWerner Eisbrenner
Production
company
Kurt Ulrich Filmproduktion
Distributed byEuropa-Filmverleih
Release date
  • 30 December 1960 (1960-12-30)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Cast edit

References edit

  1. ^ Goble p.477
  2. ^ "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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