
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 | |