

Your baby brother's a criminal and your ex just escaped prison—Swedish Tuesdays, am I right?
A waitress finds out that her fourteen year old brother is a member of a youth gang doing burglaries in kiosks. Valdemar Jansson escapes prison and seeks out his fiancee Karin, but she does not want to know about him. She studies at the Social Institute and provides herself as a waitress in a cafe. She lives with her grandmother and her younger brother Benke. One day she discovers that Benke belongs to a boy, who makes minor burglaries in newspaper kiosks.
Acting
Sonja Wigert carries the whole reformist agenda on her shoulders.
Direction
Henrikson doubles as director and sleazy doctor—multitasking legend.

Director
Anders Henrikson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1942 Sweden was obsessed with 'ungdomsvård' (youth welfare)—this film is basically state propaganda with better lighting.
Sonja Wigert was Norway's biggest star before fleeing the Nazi occupation; this was her Swedish comeback role.
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