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The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders

1979 · 108 min

A breezy, good-natured caper full of slapstick schemes and gentle social satire, easy to enjoy without much effort.

Directed by: Erik Balling
Genres: Family, Comedy, Crime
Starring: Ove Sprogøe, Morten Grunwald, Poul Bundgaard

Overview: Egon plans to exploit knowledge gained during his latest term of incarceration. By stealing the unmanipulated financial records of DanInvest he obtains the majority of the stocks in the department store Magasin du Nord, just in time for their closing sale. The attempt to get the red suitcase that will save the day they rob the main vault at the EEC headquarters in Brussels and end up hijacking a tank.

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Directed by: Erik Balling
Genres: Family, Comedy, Crime
Starring: Ove Sprogøe, Morten Grunwald, Poul Bundgaard

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
class
power
loyalty
deception
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Humour	8
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	2
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	2

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Genres: family, comedy, crime
Directed by: Erik Balling
Written by: Henning Bahs, Erik Balling
Starring: Ove Sprogøe, Morten Grunwald, Poul Bundgaard, Kirsten Walther, Axel Strøbye, Ole Ernst, Bjørn Watt-Boolsen, Peter Steen
Music: Bent Fabricius-Bjerre
Cinematography: Claus Loof
Runtime: 108 min
Country: Denmark
Languages: Danish

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