Farlig Ungdom is a 1953

1953 in film

The year 1953 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*September 16 — The Robe debuts as the first anamorphic, widescreen CinemaScope film.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:A...

 Danish

Denmark

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 crime drama directed by Lau Lauritzen Jr.

Lau Lauritzen Jr.

Lau Lauritzen, Jr., , was a Danish actor, screenwriter, and film director. As a director, he was a 4-time recipient of the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film. Lauritzen co-founded the Danish film studio ASA Film and served as the studio's artistic director and administrative director .-Career:Lau...

 and starring Ib Mossin

Ib Mossin

Ib Mossin was a Danish actor and director best known for his role as Peter in the Far Til Fire movies. He had his breakthrough as the apprentice Egon in Farlig Ungdom , a movie about the crime scene in Copenhagen among adolescents. He also had roles in 14 of the 18 Danish films based on novels by...

 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

Bodil Award for Best Danish Film

The Bodil Award for Best Danish Film is one of the categories for the Bodil Awards presented annually by the Danish Union of Film Critics . It was created in 1948 and is one of the oldest film prizes in Europe. The judging committee can decide not to give out the award if no deserving films are...

 in 1954.

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 delinquents. 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.

Selected Cast

• Ib Mossin
  Ib Mossin
  Ib Mossin was a Danish actor and director best known for his role as Peter in the Far Til Fire movies. He had his breakthrough as the apprentice Egon in Farlig Ungdom , a movie about the crime scene in Copenhagen among adolescents. He also had roles in 14 of the 18 Danish films based on novels by...
  
  ... 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

External links

• IMDb
• Det Danske Filminstitut
• Den Danske Film Database