Film

The Shadows Grow Longer

1961 · 1h 31m · Drama

IMDb

6.8

Christa Andres runs a home for troubled girls. With great dedication, she tries to help girls who have gone astray return to a normal life. She takes special care of Erika, who works as a prostitute and one day runs away from the home. Christa sets out to search for the girl in the red-light district. In doing so, she is haunted by the shadows of her own past. The educator herself used to work as a prostitute. When she meets her former pimp, he tries to exploit his knowledge in a perfidious way and blackmail Christa...

Barbara Rütting

Christa Andres

Loni von Friedl

Erika Schöner

Hansjörg Felmy

Max

Luise Ullrich

Frau Diethelm

Fred Tanner

Dr. Borner

Carola Rasch

Bessie

Margot Medicus

Barbara

Helga Sommerfeld

Helene

Iris Erdmann

Hilde

Renja Gill

Anni

Elisabeth Roth

Steffi

Gabriele Adam

Vera

Heidi Pawellek

Paula

Brit von Thiesenhausen

Ruth

Michael Paryla

Fritz Schmoll

Mathilde Schmitz

Frau Hüni

• Ladislao VajdaDirector

Release date

August 11, 1961

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 31m

Genres

Drama