Olsen-banden

19681968
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1h 20m

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Poul Bundgaard, Morten Grunwald, and Ove Sprogøe in Olsen-banden (1968)

Comedy Crime Family

Egon Olsen's criminal trio always gets into unlucky, comical situations when executing Egon's genius plans. After release from prison, he already has a new plan: steal a valuable German item... Read allEgon Olsen's criminal trio always gets into unlucky, comical situations when executing Egon's genius plans. After release from prison, he already has a new plan: steal a valuable German item from a secured museum in Copenhagen.Egon Olsen's criminal trio always gets into unlucky, comical situations when executing Egon's genius plans. After release from prison, he already has a new plan: steal a valuable German item from a secured museum in Copenhagen.

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Poul Bundgaard, Morten Grunwald, Ove Sprogøe, and Grethe Sønck in Olsen-banden (1968)

Morten Grunwald and Ove Sprogøe in Olsen-banden (1968)

Lone Gersel, Morten Grunwald, Lise Henningsen, Hanne Løye, Ove Sprogøe, and Grethe Sønck in Olsen-banden (1968)

Lone Gersel, Lise Henningsen, Hanne Løye, and Grethe Sønck in Olsen-banden (1968)

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Trivia
Kjeld's brown jacket was Poul Bundgaard's own. He had bought it on Mallorca, but never wore it at home because his wife did not like it. He continued to wear it in all following Olsen Gang films.

Goofs
When Kriminalassistent Mortensen falls over the bike, he loses the picture on the sidewalk. But two shots later he's holding it again in his hand

Connections
Edited into Eventyret om dansk film 17: Olsen-banden og de andre - 1967-1970 (1996)

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4/10

Danish Delights, Part 1

...though not delightful, yet!

These rather humble beginnings mark the start of Denmark's most beloved movie series. This one's quite lame despite some funny scenes. The characters were still to be rounded out and the plots would become more elaborate and even mildly satirical in the later stages.

But the comic interplay between the amiable leads already works and the tone of silent era style slapstick and caper high jinks provides a solid foundation for future episodes.

And compared to, say, the German farces of the same time, it's never embarrassing.

4 out of 10 smashed phone-booths

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