The Olsen Gang

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Audience Score
71
The Olsen Gang
NR 1 hr 20 minCrime, Family, ComedyThe Olsen Gang Collection PosterPart of The Olsen Gang Collection
The first of 14 Olsen Gang films presents us with Egon Olsen, head of the gang, and his friends Benny and Kjeld, who want to become the best known gang in Denmark and eventually Europe by stealing a famous Bavarian work of art currently displayed in a Copenhagen museum. Although Egon's plan works out fine, there is only trouble ahead for the little gang.
StarringOve SprogøeMorten GrunwaldPoul Bundgaard
DirectorErik Balling
WriterHenning Bahs

Movie Details

Movie Budget:$145,076
Original Language:Danish
Production Companies:Nordisk Film Denmark
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The Olsen Gang Collection

The Olsen Gang (Danish: Olsen-banden, Norwegian: Olsenbanden, German: Die Olsenbande) is a fictional Danish criminal gang in the eponymous comedy film series. The gang's leader is the criminal genius and habitual offender Egon Olsen and his accomplices are Benny and Kjeld (Kjell in Norwegian). The gang members are harmless, extremely rarely target ordinary citizens, and never use violence. A Norwegian version of the film series was also made (a total of 14 films from 1969 to 1999), in most cases based directly on the scripts for the Danish films.