The Shadows Grow Longer (1961)
- Original title
- Die Schatten werden länger
- Directed by
- Ladislao Vajda
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Switzerland
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman working at a home for girls has a violent past as a prostitute. When her former pimp tries to blackmail her, she kills him. The story follows her life and the consequences of that act.
melancholictensebleakatmosphericslow-burnmorally complexsuspensefulsombercharacter-driven
What happens
The Shadows Grow Longer (German: Die Schatten werden länger) 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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