''Youth in Danger'' (Swedish: ''Ungdom i fara'') is a 1946 Swedish

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directed by Per G. Holmgren and starring

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, Gunnar Sjöberg and Sven-Eric Gamble.Nordic National Cinemas p.188 It was shot at the

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Studios of Svensk Talfilm. The film's sets were designed by art director Nils Nilsson.

Synopsis

A young man is charged with

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, but is

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in court. A social worker is assigned to help him reform, but his hopes to lead an honest life are threatened when an old criminal acquaintance turns up.

Cast

as Wille Nilsson * Nita Värhammar as Karin * Gunnar Sjöberg as Bo Wärn * Sven-Eric Gamble as Ärret * Anders Andelius as Pluto * Åke Askner as Skägget * Börje Blomberg as Råttan * Thure Carlman as Villes far *

Barbro Hiort af Ornäs Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (28 August 1921 – 27 November 2015) was a Swedish stage and film actress. Biography She was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, the daughter of Alma ( née Ärnström) and Erik Hiort af Ornäs. She had a brother, Torbjorn. ...

as Bibbi Nicklasson *

Jarl Kulle Jarl Lage Kulle (28 February 1927 – 3 October 1997) was a Swedish film and stage actor and director, and father of Maria Kulle. Kulle was born in the village of Truedstorp, outside Ekeby, Sweden, and was the son of the merchant Nils Kulle a ...

as Jänkarn *

Otto Landahl Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded f ...

as Verkstadschefen *

Bo Lindström Bo or BO may refer to Arts and entertainment Film, television, and theatre *Box office, where tickets to an event are sold, and by extension, the amount of business a production receives *'' BA:BO'', 2008 South Korean film * ''Bo'' (film), a ...

as Verkmästaren *

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as Kickan *

Mimi Nelson Mimi Nelson (25 October 1922 – 3 July 1999) was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in Ingmar Bergman's films '' Port of Call'' (1948) and ''Thirst'' (1949). Selected filmography * '' Life and Death'' (1943) * '' The Sixth Shot'' (1943) ...

as Maggi *

Lennart Nyberg Lennart or Lennarth is a Germanic variant of the name Leonard, most common in Scandinavia and German-speaking countries as a surname or masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Camilla Lennarth (born 1988), Swedish ...

as Skrattis *

Per Oscarsson Per Oscar Heinrich Oscarsson (28 January 1927 – 31 December 2010) was a Swedish actor. He is best known for his role in the 1966 film ''Hunger'', which earned him a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. Early life Oscarsson was born, along ...

as Stickan * Anna-Stina Osslund as Britt *

Johan Rosén Johan * Johan (given name) * ''Johan'' (film), a 1921 Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller * Johan (band), a Dutch pop-group ** ''Johan'' (album), a 1996 album by the group * Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada * Jo-Han, a manu ...

as Kumpanen * Stina Ståhle as Märren * Hans Sundberg as Frotte * Richard Svanström as Direktör Axelsson * Kurt Willbing as Frasse * Fylgia Zadig as Baby * Britt Ångström as Tony * Nils Åsblom as Lillen * Tom Österholm as Gotland

References

Bibliography

* Iverson, Gunnar, Soderbergh Widding, Astrid & Soila, Tytti. ''Nordic National Cinemas''. Routledge, 2005.

External links

* 1946 films Swedish drama films 1946 drama films 1940s Swedish-language films Films directed by Per G. Holmgren Swedish black-and-white films 1940s Swedish films {{1940s-Sweden-film-stub