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...
Director: Ladislao Vajda
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Barbara Rütting as Christa Andres |
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Loni von Friedl as Erika Schöner |
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Hansjörg Felmy as Max |
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Luise Ullrich as Frau Diethelm |
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Fred Tanner as Dr. Borner |
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Carola Rasch as Bessie |
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Margot Medicus as Barbara |
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Helga Sommerfeld as Helene |
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Iris Erdmann as Hilde |
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Renja Gill as Anni |
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Elisabeth Roth as Steffi |
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Gabriele Adam as Vera |
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Heidi Pawellek as Paula |
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Brit von Thiesenhausen as Ruth |
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Michael Paryla as Fritz Schmoll |
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Mathilde Schmitz as Frau Hüni |
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Lee Ruckstuhl as Fräulein Busch |
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Anneliese Betschart as Annis Stiefmutter |
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Hans Gaugler as Annis Vater |
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Hedda Ippen as Barbaras Mutter |
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Johannes Killert as Barbaras Vater |
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Oskar Hoby as Helenes Vater |
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Bella Neri as Schulmädchen |
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Erika Wolf as Schulmädchen |
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Saskia van Hoogstraten as |
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Nicola von Huetschler as |
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Ulrike Laurence as |
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Sabine von Oertzen as |
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Kathi Scheck as |
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Susanne Schoch as |
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Isabelle Carlson as |
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Yvette Taeuber as |
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Max Werner Lenz as |
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Lou Seitz as |
| Directing | Ladislao Vajda | Director |
