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The Shadows Grow Longer (1961)

The Shadows Grow Longer (1961)

Drama
Release Date: 1961, August 11
Directors: Ladislao Vajda
Countries: Switzerland, Germany
Production: Praesens-Film, CCC Filmkunst
Cast: Barbara Rütting, Loni von Friedl, Hansjörg Felmy, Oskar Hoby, Hans Gaugler, Anneliese Betschart, Helga Sommerfeld, Johannes Killert, Bella Neri, Fred Tanner, Hedda Ippen, Luise Ullrich

Overview:

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...