Farlig Ungdom

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Farlig Ungdom
1953 Movie Poster by Aage Lundvald
Directed by	Lau Lauritzen Jr.
Produced by	Lau Lauritzen Jr.
Written by	Johannes Allen
Starring	Ib Mossin Birgitte Bruun
Music by	Sven Gyldmark
Cinematography	Rudolf Frederiksen
Editing by	Wera Iwanouw
Distributed by	ASA Film
Release date(s)	1953
Running time	109 mins
Country	Denmark
Language	Danish
IMDb profile

Farlig Ungdom (English; Dangerous Youth) is a 1953 Danish crime drama directed by Lau Lauritzen Jr. and starring Ib Mossin and Birgitte Bruun. The film tells the dark story about a naive youth being drawn into a life of petty crime and unable to break away. The film received the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film in 1954.

[edit] Plot

Seventeen-year-old Egon (Ib Mossin), an apprentice mechanic in a small town near Copenhagen, naively falls into the company of criminals. When the thieves dare Egon to prove himself worthy of their company, Egon steals a doctor's bag from a parked car. Getting away easily, Egon becomes involved with crime. After brutally mugging a local butcher one evening, Egon and his buddies are arrested. Egon is sentenced to a home for juvenile deliquents. He meets the sympathetic Ruth (Anni Stangerup), who tries to encourage him to go straight, but finds she has little power to change him. When Egon is released from the juvenile home, he has lost his naivete and become a hardened criminal. He organizes a gang,proving himself a merciless leader, and says they will commit crimes "the right way." Egon surrounds himself with a group of the town's antisocial individuals: Manchester (Ole Wisborg) a drug addict and dealer, Johnny (Thomas Rasch) the spoiled doctor's son, the callous Karl (Per Lauesgaard), the weakling Ejnar (Klaus Nielsen), and the dimwitted but sweetly loyal Alice (Birgitte Bruun). Egon decides to burglarize a slaughterhouse. But his new girlfriend Tove (Kirsten Venner) betrays him to the police out of jealousy. The new band of criminals is arrested and sentenced to prison. Only Ejnar is able to break free of his criminal connections, and the community gives him a new chance.

[edit] Selected Cast

Ib Mossin ... Egon Madsen
Birgitte Bruun ... Alice
Per Lauesgaard ... Balladekarl
Ole Wisborg ... Alfred (Manchester)
Kirsten Verner ... Tove
Claus Nielsen ... Einar
Thomas Rasch ... John 'Johnny' Høyer
Anni Stangerup ... Ruth Jensen
Anders Taasti ... Leif
Poul Petersen ... Politiadvokaten
Ib Freuchen ... Dr. H.V. Høyer
Karl Stegger ... Slagtermesteren
Carl Heger ... Sømanden
Irwin Hasselmann ... Fru Agnes Høyes

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