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The Junior Olsen Gang Goes Submarine

2003 · 95 min

A cheerful, mischievous caper full of kid-sized scheming, silly sabotage and warm orphan-wants-a-family sentiment that breezes by.

Directed by: Arne Lindtner Næss
Genres: Comedy, Family
Starring: Aksel Støren Aschjem, Lars Berteig Andersen, Thomas Engeset

Overview: On the orphanage Lykkebo, Egon sits and wants a real family - a mother and a father like Kjell has. The rich couple Gyldenløwe picks out 5 boys they consider adopting, but with a little sabotage Egon himself get picked. Suddely Egon is the rich son with a swimming pool and a big house. What Egon don't know is that Gyldenløwe has exchanged a million dollars for all the papers on Egon Olsen.

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Directed by: Arne Lindtner Næss
Genres: Comedy, Family
Starring: Aksel Støren Aschjem, Lars Berteig Andersen, Thomas Engeset

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Tone: lightstrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 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: found family
family
class
identity
deception
Places: home
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Genres: comedy, family
Directed by: Arne Lindtner Næss
Written by: Anne-Marie Olesen, Lars Mering, Sverre Holm, Arne Lindtner Næss
Starring: Aksel Støren Aschjem, Lars Berteig Andersen, Thomas Engeset, Jakob Schøyen Andersen, Julia Charlotte Geitvik, Karoline Aagaard Gamlund, Halvor Borgen Lindstad, Bastian Hafr
Music: Bent Fabricius-Bjerre
Cinematography: Kjell Vassdal
Runtime: 95 min
Country: Norway

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