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Film / 1968
The Olsen Gang
Directed by
Erik Balling
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.
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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.
In the same saga
The Olsen Gang Collection
In release order
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Cast
Ove SprogøeEgon Olsen
Morten GrunwaldBenny Frandsen
Poul BundgaardKjeld Jensen
Peter SteenMortensen
Poul ReichhardtPolitichefen
Kirsten WaltherYvonne Jensen
Lotte TarpUlla
Grethe SønckConnie
Hanne LøyeProstitueret i rød
Lise HenningsenProstitueret i sort
Ole MontySherif
Paul HagenHansen (uncredited)
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Arthur JensenArbejder ved banen
Ejner FederspielKonduktør
Poul ThomsenMortensens Chauffør
Ulf PilgaardFotograf
Ebba AmfeldtSalgsdame
Einar JuhlGerman Ambassador
Valsø HolmFarmer
Gunnar BigumMotorcykelbetjent (uncredited)
Ego Brønnum-JacobsenMuseumsdirektør (uncredited)
Asger ClausenBirger Jensen (uncredited)
Edward FlemingMotorcykelbetjent (uncredited)
Benny HansenMotorcykelbetjent (uncredited)
Sten HasagerMotorcykelbetjent (uncredited)
Knud HildingMand ved færgeterminal (uncredited)
Jes HoltsøBørge Jensen (uncredited)
Perry KnudsenMand ved busstoppested (uncredited)
Ernst MeyerGas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Claus NissenMotorcycle Officer (uncredited)
Bjørn Puggaard-MüllerBetjent med pornoblade (uncredited)
Søren RodeMand ved busstoppested (uncredited)
Bjørn SpiroMand der bliver skygget (uncredited)
Gunnar StrømvadNattevagt (uncredited)
Solveig SundborgDame der skriger (uncredited)
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