The Shadows Grow Longer
Cast & Crew
Ladislao Vajda
Luise Ullrich
Barbara Rütting
Hansjörg Felmy
Loni Von Friedl
Fred Tanner
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Christa Andres, the house mistress in a reform school for delinquent girls, guards the secret of her past: as a young girl who was corrupted by Max, a procurer, she served a prison term for prostitution. Now Christa volunteers for the task of rehabilitating 16-year-old Erika Schoner, a rebellious youngster known as a troublemaker at the school. The product of a broken home, Erika wants only to return to her boyfriend Fritz, a young pimp who led her into prostitution. Reminded of her own youth, Christa makes every effort to break down the girl's hostility. Tensions at the school culminate in a riot, and Erika escapes. As Christa sets out to find Erika, Max reappears and threatens to reveal Christa's past unless she provides him with information he can use to blackmail the well-to-do parents of some of the girls in the reform school. Rather than betray her young charges, Christa kills Max. As she is being led away by police, she spots Erika in the crowd of onlookers. Erika perceives the meaning of Christa's sacrifice.
Director
Ladislao Vajda
Cast
Luise Ullrich
Barbara Rütting
Hansjörg Felmy
Loni Von Friedl
Fred Tanner
Helga Sommerfeld
Renja Gill
Margot Philipp
Carola Rasch
Iris Erdmann
Heidi Pawellek
Brit Von Thiesenhausen
Elizabeth Roth
Erika Wolf
Gabriele Adam
Bella Neri
Michael Paryla
Anneliese Betschart
Hans Gaugler
Max Haufler
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
Location scenes filmed in Zurich. Released in Switzerland in 1961 and in West Germany in August 1961 as Die Schatten werden länger. Also known as Defiant Daughters.
