---
title: 'The Shadows Grow Longer (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ladislao Vajda'
released: '1961-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 91
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Switzerland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-shadows-grow-longer-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055415/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Shadows Grow Longer (1961)

1961 · 91 min · Drama · Switzerland

Original title: Die Schatten werden länger

## Synopsis

The Shadows Grow Longer is a 1961 Swiss-West German drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda. The film follows a former prostitute working at a home for girls who kills her former pimp after he tries to blackmail her. Loni von Friedl won the Preis der Deutschen Filmkritik and a Filmband in Gold for her performance, and the film was later shown at the Little Carnegie Playhouse in New York and at the 59th Solothurner Filmtage in 2024.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ladislao Vajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ladislao-vajda)
- **Screenplay:** [István Békeffi](https://cinepixo.com/people/istvan-bekeffi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Robert Blum](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-blum)
- **Producer:** [Artur Brauner](https://cinepixo.com/people/artur-brauner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Heinrich Gärtner](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinrich-gartner)
- **Editor:** [Hermann Haller](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-haller)

## Cast

- [Hansjörg Felmy](https://cinepixo.com/people/hansjorg-felmy)

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