The Last Witness (2018 film)

The Last Witness
The Last Witness
Directed by	Piotr Szkopiak
Written by	Paul Szambowski; Piotr Szkopiak;
Produced by	Carol Harding
Starring	Alex Pettyfer; Robert Więckiewicz; Talulah Riley; Michael Gambon; Will Thorp; Henry Lloyd-Hughes; Gwilym Lee;
Cinematography	Edward Ames
Edited by	Jo-Anne Dixon
Music by	Bartosz Chajdecki
Production; companies	Vicarious Productions Limited; Vicarious Productions; Dignity Film Finance; Film Polska Production; Rosevine Films;
Distributed by	Signature Entertainment (United Kingdom); Kino Świat (Poland)
Release dates	11 May 2018 (Poland); 29 May 2018 (United States);
Running time	93 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; Poland;
Language	English

The Last Witness is a British-Polish thriller film directed by Piotr Szkopiak based on a stage play by Paul Szambowski.

The film stars Alex Pettyfer, Robert Więckiewicz, Talulah Riley, Michael Gambon, Will Thorp, Henry Lloyd-Hughes and Gwilym Lee.^[3] The film was released through video on demand by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment beginning on 5 June 2018.^[4]

Plot[]

A young, ambitious journalist risks love, career and ultimately his life to uncover the true identity of an Eastern European refugee and his connection to the British Government's collusion in the cover up of the Katyn massacre, one of Stalin's most notorious crimes.^[5]

Cast[]

Alex Pettyfer as Stephen Underwood
Robert Więckiewicz as Michael Loboda
Talulah Riley as Jeanette Mitchell
Michael Gambon as Frank Hamilton
Will Thorp as Colonel Janusz Pietrowski
Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Mason Mitchell
Piotr Stramowski as Andrzej Nowak
Gwilym Lee as John Underwood
Charles De'Ath as police sergeant
Luke de Woolfson as Thomas Derrick
Michael Byrne as the coroner
Anita Carey as Joan Caldercott
as Rose Miller
Pate Wayre as an RAF Sq. Leader & a patron in the pub

Release[]

The Last Witness was scheduled to be released in the United States by Momentum Pictures on 29 May 2018.

Trivia[]

Some of the cast and crew have been involved with various BBC Birmingham Daytime Dramas, Doctors, Land Girls, Father Brown, WPC 56, The Coroner and Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators which Piotr Szkopiak has directed and some have starred in the episodes he was the casting director.

References[]

^ "The Last Witness (2018)". BBFC. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ "Film #80843: The Last Witness". Lumiere. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ Alex Pettyfer to lead Katyn thriller 'The Last Witness' Retrieved 17 October 2017
^ "The Last Witness". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
^ "Brit-Polish film about Katyń massacre released". Retrieved 15 September 2019.

External links[]

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[1] "The Last Witness (2018)". BBFC. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

[2] "Film #80843: The Last Witness". Lumiere. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

[3] Alex Pettyfer to lead Katyn thriller 'The Last Witness' Retrieved 17 October 2017

[4] "The Last Witness". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 6 September 2018.

[5] "Brit-Polish film about Katyń massacre released". Retrieved 15 September 2019.

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