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The Last Witness (1919)

The Last Witness poster
Original title
Der letzte Zeuge
Directed by
Adolf Gärtner
Genre
silent film
Country
Germany
Runtime
2h
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is the final person who saw something important happen. The story follows his role in a legal case in Germany.

silent-eracourtroom-dramamysterioussolemnslow-pacedformal

What happens

The Last Witness (German: Der letzte Zeuge) is a 1921 German silent film directed by Adolf Gärtner and starring Albert Bassermann, Elsa Bassermann and Olga Engl. It was shot in 1919, but not released until April 1921. The film's sets were designed by the art director Hans Dreier. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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