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The Shadows Grow Longer

5.0 91 mins Drama   1961
Praesens-Film   CCC Filmkunst  
Director(s): Ladislao Vajda

Release Date: 11 Fri, Aug 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...

Casts of The Shadows Grow Longer

Barbara Rütting

as Christa Andres

Loni von Friedl

as Erika Schöner

Luise Ullrich

as Frau Diethelm

Fred Tanner

as Dr. Borner

Carola Rasch

as Bessie

Margot Medicus

as Barbara

Helga Sommerfeld

as Helene

Iris Erdmann

as Hilde

Renja Gill

as Anni

Elisabeth Roth

as Steffi

Gabriele Adam

as Vera

Heidi Pawellek

as Paula

Michael Paryla

as Fritz Schmoll

Mathilde Schmitz

as Frau Hüni

Lee Ruckstuhl

as Fräulein Busch

Anneliese Betschart

as Annis Stiefmutter

Hans Gaugler

as Annis Vater

Hedda Ippen

as Barbaras Mutter

Johannes Killert

as Barbaras Vater

Oskar Hoby

as Helenes Vater

Bella Neri

as Schulmädchen

Erika Wolf

as Schulmädchen

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