The Witness

The Witness

The Witness

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The Witness

1969

1h 40m

9.0(1 votes)

Drama

Overview

Cécile teaches English at the Collegium in Bruges. She has a boyfriend, Thomas, a student at the Beaux-Arts. Cécile lives with Mrs. Hanka, who reads horoscopes and surrounds herself with natal charts. She says she's known a lot about people for 30 years.

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9 featured cast members

Starring

Claude Jade

Claude Jade

Cécile

Gérard Barray

Gérard Barray

Van Britten

Jean-Claude Dauphin

Jean-Claude Dauphin

Thomas

Jeanne Pérez

Jeanne Pérez

Hanka

Claude Vernier

Claude Vernier

Hermann

Bernard Frémaux

Haas

Philippe Graff

Claude van Hoffstadt

Jacques Ferly

Creative team

Directed by: Anne Walter
Written by: Anne Walter
Produced by: Louis Duchesne

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