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The Olsen Gang

1968 · 80 min

A gentle, playful caper that ambles from one mild mishap to the next, leaving you smiling at the gang's cheerful incompetence.

Overview
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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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • friendship
  • family
  • class
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
family, comedy, crime
Directed by
Erik Balling
Written by
Erik Balling, Henning Bahs
Starring
Ove Sprogøe, Morten Grunwald, Poul Bundgaard, Peter Steen, Poul Reichhardt, Kirsten Walther, Lotte Tarp, Grethe Sønck
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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