The Shadows Grow Longer (1961)

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...

Released Aug. 11, 1961 91 min None+

Genres: Drama

Keywords: aspectratio.1-37-1

Production Companies: Central Cinema Company Film, Praesens-Film AG

Country: Germany
Production Countries: Switzerland, Germany
Languages: German