The Shadows Grow Longer

The Shadows Grow Longer (1961)

Die Schatten werden länger

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...

Date of release
1961-08-11
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Drama
Director
Ladislao Vajda

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

The Shadows Grow Longer is a 1961 Swiss-West German drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda. The film follows a former prostitute working at a home for girls who kills her former pimp after he tries to blackmail her. Loni von Friedl won the Preis der Deutschen Filmkritik and a Filmband in Gold for her performance, and the film was later shown at the Little Carnegie Playhouse in New York and at the 59th Solothurner Filmtage in 2024.

Production

The film was shot in Zurich and at the CCC-Studios in Berlin-Spandau. Its sets were designed by Max Röthlisberger and Wilhelm Vorwerg.

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