Film

The Temptation

1930 · 27m · Drama · Crime

A young man finds employment as an apprentice in a grocery store. As he is short of money for his sick mother’s medicine and furthermore is eager to ask a charming girl out, he succumbs to temptation and steals from the till. Caught red-handed, he is sentenced to two years in a correctional institution. By the time he is released, his old mother has died of grief and poverty, and he is reduced to begging passers-by for alms. While begging, he becomes involved in a tragic incident that once again sends him fleeing through the city. (Stumfilm.dk)

• Herman Erasmi SørensenDirector
• Kaj MøllerWriter
• Stig MøllerWriter

Release date

March 11, 1930

Status

Released

Original language

Danish

Runtime

27m

Genres

Drama, Crime