Farlig Ungdom [SEP] director
Farlig Ungdom
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. The film received the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film in 1954.
Plot.
Seventeen-year-old Egon (Ib Mossin), an apprentice mechanic in a small town near Copenhagen, naively falls into the company of
awarded the Bodil Award, this time as the sole director for his crime drama "Farlig Ungdom" ("Dangerous Youth"). Lauritzen's four Bodils for Best Danish film was a record that would stand more than forty years until Lars von Trier in 1997 received his fourth Best Danish Film Bodil for "Breaking the Waves".
From 1945 until 1965, Lauritzen was the administrative director of ASA Film. He directed and produced his final film, "Me and My Kid Brother and Doggie" in 1969. During