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Dangerous Youth: Directed by Lau Lauritzen. With Ib Mossin, Birgitte Price, Per Lauesgaard, Ole Wisborg. Egon, a young man from Jutland living with relatives in Copenhagen, meets sensible young girl Ruth and falls in love.
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- Crime, Drama
- Lau Lauritzen
- 1953-08-24
Johnny Farlig (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.
1953 Directed by Lau Lauritzen Jr. Egon, a young man from Jutland living with relatives in Copenhagen, meets sensible young girl Ruth and falls in love. But Egon is involved with a gang of criminals, and when they assault a man they meet in a bar they are caught by the police. Egon is sent to a juvenile home, but can he stay out of trouble? Cast.
- Lau Lauritzen Jr.
- ASA
The juvenile delinquent theme, so popular in Hollywood in the early '50s, reached faraway Denmark with Farlig Ungdom (Dangerous Youth). Making his screen debut, blond Ib Mossin plays the country bumpkin who moves to the capital and gets involved with the wrong crowd.
Den unge mekanikerlærling, 17 årige Egon (Ib Mossin) kommer fra en lille flække i provinsen til København, hvor han på grund af sin store naivitet meget hurtigt kommer i dårligt selskab.
Farlig Ungdom er den første danske film, hvor ungdommen er i centrum. Der havde naturligvis været unge mennesker med i danske film før 1953, men det nye var, at handlingen foregik i et ungdomsmiljø, og at den var henvendt til de unge.
Film. Farlig ungdom. Lau Lauritzen Jr. , Danmark, 1953. 109 min. DK/Spillefilm. Den kun 17-årige Egon fører sig frem. Det begynder som en leg. "Du tør ikke", siger kammeraterne. Men Egon tør. Han hjælper med at få stjålet en lægetaske fra en parkeret bil, bare for at spille flot.
