Good evening (stop here cinema welcomes you) One of the masterpieces of cinema.... The movie {Witness for the Prosecution}... One of the interesting and interesting films, as we are used to, is the wonderful Agatha Christie with her stories..? Movie classification... Drama / Thriller / Suspense Starring....the great giant actor Tyrone Power / and the great creative actor Charles Liften / Marlene Dietrich Directed by.......... Billy Wilder Story........... Agatha Christie... The length of the movie.... 116 minutes The film's budget... 3 million dollars Revenue ..... 9 million dollars in America alone Music.... when is matelic Awards....... Colin Club for the supporting role... Witness For The Prosecution (1957) is the most famous film based on the work of the British writer Agatha Christie, and her novels are considered the best-selling in the world. The film is a unique example of the unique style of American director Billy Wilder. The film was starring the British actor Charles Laughton, the American Tyrone Power, and the German Marlene Dietrich. Tyrone Power) murdered a wealthy, elderly woman in her own home. He had met her by chance, and their relationship became stronger and he visited her at home more than once a week, without their relationship being more than cordial, although the woman was in fact in love with him. The police accused Nard. Because he was the last one to visit the victim in her home and she found a blood-stained jacket in his house, and the victim recommended that the accused inherit most of her wealth. Lenard claimed that he arrived home at 9:26 at night, and that his wife (Marlene Dietrich) could confirm that, and that he was home before the murder. As for the reason for consolidating his relationship with the murdered woman, he claimed that he was trying to obtain financing for a small business to save him from the severe bankruptcy he was suffering from. She was the wife of Larned, obviously much older than he was. And he had met her in the German city of Hamburg in 1945, where she was working as a singer in a notorious bar, and she spent the night with him in her residence in exchange for a box of coffee. Take refuge.. to respond. To three great lawyers, especially the famous aristocratic lawyer Wilfred (Charles Luton), who was suffering from heart problems, and his nurse (Ailsa Lancaster) constantly harassed him and accompanied him wherever he went, in order to maintain his health. The obvious impression he left was . Let's respond. The lawyers have a very friendly personality, there was no impurity in his history, and the police arrested him in the office of his famous lawyer. He meets the lawyer. Wilfred. The wife, as he finds himself in front of a hard-hearted woman, shocked him when she said that she would testify in court as her husband wanted, regardless of the truth, which raises the astonishment of the lawyer. I heard the voice of the accused talking to the dead woman at around 9:30, however, the lawyer succeeded in sowing doubts about the veracity of what I heard. But the shock came from the wife, as she mentioned that.. Letard.. came to the house at ten o'clock and ten minutes, and also raised everyone's surprise when she revealed that she was not his wife at all, as she deceived him with an invalid marriage because she was originally married to a German man. These developments raised the concern of the lawyer and his team, as it became clear that the fate of the accused would be conviction and execution. But the matter took a different turn when an unknown woman with a strange accent called the lawyer. Wilfred offered him love letters written by the wife to her lover, and mentions in one of them that she will testify that her husband has arrived home at ten o'clock and ten minutes to get rid of him. The lawyer met her as the woman wanted, and she explained to him that her criminal lover had a sexual relationship with the wife, and she sold him their love letters. These letters made the wife appear in court as a plot to entrap her husband. As a result, he got .to respond. He was acquitted amid signs of approval and encouragement from those present in the courtroom. The audience's enthusiasm reached the point of attacking the wife outside the courtroom, but the police rescued her and returned her to the courtroom. And there she found herself in front of the lawyer in the empty hall. The wife reveals to the lawyer that she was the woman who gave him those letters, and that she did that trick to save her husband, because he was actually the one who committed that crime, as she is ready to do everything for him even if he puts her in prison on charges of lying in court, or worse than that. This made the lawyer furious. And he entered the hall to dice and confirmed that he was indeed the murderer, and according to British law, a person cannot be tried for the same crime twice. To everyone's surprise, a beautiful young girl entered the hall and was taken into the arms of Nard. And his wife asked him about her, and the answer to Nard was that she was his beloved, and he informed his wife of the end of their alleged marriage. Just as he saved his wife from the ruin of Germany, she saved him from the gallows, and thus any commitment between them ended. The wife did not believe what she heard, especially after all the sacrifice she had made for him, so she attacked him and stabbed him with a knife to die on the spot. Here, the nurse said, "I killed him." The lawyer replied, "I executed him." Soon, the famous lawyer expressed his willingness to defend the wife at her trial.? Best regards Dr. Farid Al-Jarrah
Ohhh those films and those actors ….the writing , the scenery, the direction , the production, costumes and the makeup …superb….those were the glory days of the movie industry…im lucky to be able to see yesterday and todays movie industry…
Love Marlene in this flim I must confess I never really sat down and watched the whole film at once. Never really got into Marlene's movies. Yes I always knew what a great live Cabaret singer she was, and the fact both my parents were teenagers when World War II broke out in Europe, and I was born to them in there lives late as a late child in the late 60's for them so by the time I was born both my parents were almost shy of two years they botg would be turning 40, and both my parents were born on the same year. Because, of this fact I learned to appreciated stars and singers from that era to.
“Wilfred the Fox, that’s what we call him and that’s what he is.” The nurse was an underrated character in this movie and Sir Wilfred’s rl wife if I am not mistaken
Unfortunately this would have been hearsay. But only offered for impeachment. Her admission under oath that she wrote the letters solves the hearsay problem. But Sir Wilfred’s instincts are spot on. “Too neat. Too tidy. And all together too symmetrical. That’s what’s wrong with it.” Brilliant stuff!
Charles Laughton is the supreme actor for me the best past and present so versatile, drama, comedy he could do it all. Love his readings also just superb. ❤️
If you ever get a chanced watch Charles Laughton directed himself. NIGHT OF THE HUNTER. it was panned and made nothing but it’s on many lists as one of the BEST movies ever. Back then it was panned cause they didn’t know how to market it. Give it a try. You’ll never forget it. A true CLASSIC
She always thanked the fellas who did her lighting for her. She said they made her Marlene. She took care of them all. She knew knew lightening and angles from her early years in Germany. Absolutly gorgrous
This single scene is worth 100 oscars !! She EXCUTED him - what a brilliance in dialogue writing ? !! The film was clinically perfect... How many times I keep watching.... still want to watch it again !!
Dame Agatha Christie wrote a brilliant play that became a brilliant movie directed by the incredible Billy Wilder, this the standard by which all adaptions should be judged.
Well, Emily French did get justice in the end--Leonard REALLY had it coming... Oh, and on a side note--Leonard, if your wife is helping you get off on a murder charge, go ahead and dump her. What could possibly go wrong with that?
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Great scene
Good evening (stop here cinema welcomes you) One of the masterpieces of cinema.... The movie {Witness for the Prosecution}... One of the interesting and interesting films, as we are used to, is the wonderful Agatha Christie with her stories..? Movie classification... Drama / Thriller / Suspense Starring....the great giant actor Tyrone Power / and the great creative actor Charles Liften / Marlene Dietrich Directed by.......... Billy Wilder Story........... Agatha Christie... The length of the movie.... 116 minutes The film's budget... 3 million dollars Revenue ..... 9 million dollars in America alone Music.... when is matelic Awards....... Colin Club for the supporting role... Witness For The Prosecution (1957) is the most famous film based on the work of the British writer Agatha Christie, and her novels are considered the best-selling in the world. The film is a unique example of the unique style of American director Billy Wilder. The film was starring the British actor Charles Laughton, the American Tyrone Power, and the German Marlene Dietrich. Tyrone Power) murdered a wealthy, elderly woman in her own home. He had met her by chance, and their relationship became stronger and he visited her at home more than once a week, without their relationship being more than cordial, although the woman was in fact in love with him. The police accused Nard. Because he was the last one to visit the victim in her home and she found a blood-stained jacket in his house, and the victim recommended that the accused inherit most of her wealth. Lenard claimed that he arrived home at 9:26 at night, and that his wife (Marlene Dietrich) could confirm that, and that he was home before the murder. As for the reason for consolidating his relationship with the murdered woman, he claimed that he was trying to obtain financing for a small business to save him from the severe bankruptcy he was suffering from. She was the wife of Larned, obviously much older than he was. And he had met her in the German city of Hamburg in 1945, where she was working as a singer in a notorious bar, and she spent the night with him in her residence in exchange for a box of coffee. Take refuge.. to respond. To three great lawyers, especially the famous aristocratic lawyer Wilfred (Charles Luton), who was suffering from heart problems, and his nurse (Ailsa Lancaster) constantly harassed him and accompanied him wherever he went, in order to maintain his health. The obvious impression he left was . Let's respond. The lawyers have a very friendly personality, there was no impurity in his history, and the police arrested him in the office of his famous lawyer. He meets the lawyer. Wilfred. The wife, as he finds himself in front of a hard-hearted woman, shocked him when she said that she would testify in court as her husband wanted, regardless of the truth, which raises the astonishment of the lawyer. I heard the voice of the accused talking to the dead woman at around 9:30, however, the lawyer succeeded in sowing doubts about the veracity of what I heard. But the shock came from the wife, as she mentioned that.. Letard.. came to the house at ten o'clock and ten minutes, and also raised everyone's surprise when she revealed that she was not his wife at all, as she deceived him with an invalid marriage because she was originally married to a German man. These developments raised the concern of the lawyer and his team, as it became clear that the fate of the accused would be conviction and execution. But the matter took a different turn when an unknown woman with a strange accent called the lawyer. Wilfred offered him love letters written by the wife to her lover, and mentions in one of them that she will testify that her husband has arrived home at ten o'clock and ten minutes to get rid of him. The lawyer met her as the woman wanted, and she explained to him that her criminal lover had a sexual relationship with the wife, and she sold him their love letters. These letters made the wife appear in court as a plot to entrap her husband. As a result, he got .to respond. He was acquitted amid signs of approval and encouragement from those present in the courtroom. The audience's enthusiasm reached the point of attacking the wife outside the courtroom, but the police rescued her and returned her to the courtroom. And there she found herself in front of the lawyer in the empty hall. The wife reveals to the lawyer that she was the woman who gave him those letters, and that she did that trick to save her husband, because he was actually the one who committed that crime, as she is ready to do everything for him even if he puts her in prison on charges of lying in court, or worse than that. This made the lawyer furious. And he entered the hall to dice and confirmed that he was indeed the murderer, and according to British law, a person cannot be tried for the same crime twice. To everyone's surprise, a beautiful young girl entered the hall and was taken into the arms of Nard. And his wife asked him about her, and the answer to Nard was that she was his beloved, and he informed his wife of the end of their alleged marriage. Just as he saved his wife from the ruin of Germany, she saved him from the gallows, and thus any commitment between them ended. The wife did not believe what she heard, especially after all the sacrifice she had made for him, so she attacked him and stabbed him with a knife to die on the spot. Here, the nurse said, "I killed him." The lawyer replied, "I executed him." Soon, the famous lawyer expressed his willingness to defend the wife at her trial.? Best regards Dr. Farid Al-Jarrah
Love Charles Laughton ❤
The greatest 6 min in cinema history.
I would be very happy if we still had such extraordinary and high-quality actors today as we did when this film was made!
Great film
Oscar deserved for Marlene.
Laughton was one the all time greats.
Ian Wolfe
i love it
Ohhh those films and those actors ….the writing , the scenery, the direction , the production, costumes and the makeup …superb….those were the glory days of the movie industry…im lucky to be able to see yesterday and todays movie industry…
Wow Marlene can really pull off using the Cockney accent in this film.
Love Marlene in this flim I must confess I never really sat down and watched the whole film at once. Never really got into Marlene's movies. Yes I always knew what a great live Cabaret singer she was, and the fact both my parents were teenagers when World War II broke out in Europe, and I was born to them in there lives late as a late child in the late 60's for them so by the time I was born both my parents were almost shy of two years they botg would be turning 40, and both my parents were born on the same year. Because, of this fact I learned to appreciated stars and singers from that era to.
Marvellous film.
“Wilfred the Fox, that’s what we call him and that’s what he is.” The nurse was an underrated character in this movie and Sir Wilfred’s rl wife if I am not mistaken
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Unfortunately this would have been hearsay. But only offered for impeachment. Her admission under oath that she wrote the letters solves the hearsay problem. But Sir Wilfred’s instincts are spot on. “Too neat. Too tidy. And all together too symmetrical. That’s what’s wrong with it.” Brilliant stuff!
Second only to Dick Van Dyke in the ‘worst cockney accent’ competition!
I keep trying to see Marlene, and I still don't recognize her!
Never in a million years did I think that was Marlene..she completely fooled me..I was thinking to myself who the hell is this rough looking actress.
My favorite Agatha Christie story. And the best movie version ever..And Then There Were None ranks as second favorite.
Marlena była ostra dziewczyna
Shame that Dietrich wasn't even nominated for Oscars for this role
She didn 't care! She liked more giving show performances in Las Vegas!
Charles Laughton is the supreme actor for me the best past and present so versatile, drama, comedy he could do it all. Love his readings also just superb. ❤️
This is a masterpiece! And Dietrich was criminaly robbed in 1957.
Can't decide which is best ? This......or Dial M for Murder . Both classics !
Makeup deserved an Oscar b/c I'd never look at her and think Marlena Dietrich.
WONDERFUL GOOD ACTORS AND MOVIE IS GOOD TOO ♥️
If you ever get a chanced watch Charles Laughton directed himself. NIGHT OF THE HUNTER. it was panned and made nothing but it’s on many lists as one of the BEST movies ever. Back then it was panned cause they didn’t know how to market it. Give it a try. You’ll never forget it. A true CLASSIC
MARLENE DIETRICH WAS 56IN THIS MOVIE SHE LOOKS WONDERFUL
She always thanked the fellas who did her lighting for her. She said they made her Marlene. She took care of them all. She knew knew lightening and angles from her early years in Germany. Absolutly gorgrous
MARLENE IS GREAT
She's great so is Laughton
I don't know why I get emotional when I hear "she executed him". Sir Wilfred is full of emotions without flinching.
"Like this"
movie?
Witness for the prosecution
Non l'ha ucciso... l'ha giustiziato!
One thing I just realized.. Janet McKenzie never got her hearing aid, so never got to hear all the rubbish that was being talked in those days
Great film and cast.
Cuesta creer q sea Marlene...😃👌👀🌹🍃🌹🍃💎
Best Ever court Scene & conversation
Brillant film start to finish One of billy wilders best
This single scene is worth 100 oscars !! She EXCUTED him - what a brilliance in dialogue writing ? !! The film was clinically perfect... How many times I keep watching.... still want to watch it again !!
Dame Agatha Christie wrote a brilliant play that became a brilliant movie directed by the incredible Billy Wilder, this the standard by which all adaptions should be judged.
Tyrone Power died within a year of this movie. Aged just 44.
Well, Emily French did get justice in the end--Leonard REALLY had it coming... Oh, and on a side note--Leonard, if your wife is helping you get off on a murder charge, go ahead and dump her. What could possibly go wrong with that?
This was just superb.. here Billy Wilder improved the original story
Christine helm!
A brilliant film. Excellent cast. Torin Thatcher and Una O'connor must be mentioned.
I wish the did more films like this in our times.
Dietrich used to make superb (and substantial) lunches for Laughton during the filming of this.
Power was pretty good but William Holden would have been superb in the role.