[2] Cecilia Ellius is admitted to a hospital after she has begun badly bleeding during her third month of pregnancy.

Hospital staff tell her unmarried young mothers in Sweden no longer face the social stigma they once did, and Hjördis can find a house and daycare, but she still has doubts.

[3] When Brink of Life was first released in Italy in 1960 the Committee for the Theatrical Review of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities rated it as VM16: not suitable for children under 16.

In order for the film to be screened publicly, the Committee imposed the removal of the scene in which Stina is in pain due to labour.

[4] The official document number is: 31260, it was signed on 20 April 1960 by Minister Domenico Magrì.