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The Olsen Gang Sees Red

Movie
Audience Score
74
The Olsen Gang Sees Red
NR 1 hr 40 minComedy, Family, CrimeThe Olsen Gang Collection PosterPart of The Olsen Gang Collection
Egon and the gang are hired to stage a robbery of an antique Chinese vase for an economically challenged baron. Naturally they fooled, which infuriates Egon. The gang tries to get back at the baron by switching the vase with a cheap Hong Kong copy. One attempt is made during the barons hunting party, where Egon ends up being bricked up in the catacombs. In another attempt, the gang has to coordinate breaking through several walls at The Royal Theater in Copenhagen with the "Elverhøj" overture.
StarringOve SprogøeMorten GrunwaldPoul Bundgaard
DirectorErik Balling
WriterHenning Bahs

Movie Details

Original Language:Danish
Production Companies:Nordisk Film Denmark
Movie Tags:
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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.