---
title: 'The Last Witness (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Wolfgang Staudte'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 102
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-last-witness-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054025/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Last Witness (1960)

1960 · 102 min · Germany

Original title: Der letzte Zeuge

## Synopsis

The Last Witness is a 1960 West German crime film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Martin Held, Hanns Lothar and Ellen Schwiers. It was entered into the 1961 Cannes Film Festival. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Kuhnert.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Wolfgang Staudte](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-staudte)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert A. Stemmle](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-a-stemmle)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Werner Eisbrenner](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-eisbrenner)
- **Producer:** [Kurt Ulrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-ulrich)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ekkehard Kyrath](https://cinepixo.com/people/ekkehard-kyrath)
- **Editor:** [Wolfgang Wehrum](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-wehrum)

## Cast

- [Harald Juhnke](https://cinepixo.com/people/harald-juhnke)
- [Siegfried Wischnewski](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-wischnewski)
- [Hanns Lothar](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanns-lothar)
- [Albert Bessler](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-bessler)
- [Blandine Ebinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/blandine-ebinger)
- [Herbert Tiede](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-tiede)
- [Lucie Mannheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucie-mannheim)
- [Ellen Schwiers](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-schwiers)
- [Jürgen Goslar](https://cinepixo.com/people/jurgen-goslar)
- [Martin Held](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-held)
- [Werner Hinz](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-hinz)
- [Adelheid Seeck](https://cinepixo.com/people/adelheid-seeck)
- [Hans Hessling](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-hessling)

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