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...
Release Date | August 11, 1961 | |
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Status | Released | |
Original Title | Die Schatten werden länger | |
Runtime | 1h 31min | |
Budget | — | |
Revenue | — | |
Language | German | |
Original Language | German | |
Production Countries | Switzerland, Germany | |
Production Companies | Praesens-FilmCCC Filmkunst |