''The Olsen Gang'' ( da, Olsen-banden) is a 1968 Danish

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directed by Erik Balling and starring

Ove Sprogøe Ove Wendelboe Sprogøe Petersen (21 December 1919 – 14 September 2004) was a Danish actor. Life Born in Odense, his parents were Arthur and Inger Sprogøe Petersen. He married Eva Rasmussen in 1945, with whom he had three children. On ...

, Morten Grunwald, and Poul Bundgaard. This was the first film in the ''

Olsen-banden The ''Olsen Gang'' ( da, Olsen-banden, no, Olsenbanden, german: Die Olsenbande) is a Denmark, Danish comedy film series created by Danish director Erik Balling and special effects expert Henning Bahs about the eponymous fictional criminal gang. T ...

''-series.

Plot

The plot involves the Olsen Gang as they plan to become millionaires. The film starts by Egon being arrested for trying to rob a store, while the others, Kjeld and Benny, run away. After Egon is set free, the gang plan on stealing a golden statue which is worth 12 million. After some planning, the gang sets the plan in action and steal the golden statue. On their way to the airport, their car runs out of gas and the police come take the car (with the statue in it). Constantly chased by Mortensen, they manage to get the statue back and hide it in Kjeld's daughter's pram. Unfortunately, Kjeld's wife Yvonne is mad at Kjeld for letting the family wait at the airport, as well as leaving the pram outside on the sidewalk and takes it away and plans on going back to her mother. The gang now chases after Yvonne (with Mortensen on their tail) and finally succeed on getting the pram back. After almost getting caught, Egon makes a little speech, just before he realizes that the statue is not in the pram. Egon goes mad and leaves Benny and Kjeld behind while he chases after Yvonne. Kjeld and Benny however walk back home with the pram. It then turns out that Yvonne didn't go to her mother after all but came back to Kjeld while Benny is driven home by Ulla. Egon is caught by the police on the ferry where Yvonne was supposed to be. Two years later Egon is released and the gang continues to break the law by selling bananas outside the Copenhagen government building.

Cast

Egon Olsen Egon Olsen (born 12 March 1925 (DK), 13 March 1923 (NO)) is a fictional character in the Danish '' Olsenbanden'' film series as well as in the Norwegian remake. He is portrayed by Ove Sprogøe in the Danish version and by Arve Opsahl in the Norwe ...

* Morten Grunwald as Benny Frandsen * Poul Bundgaard as Kjeld Jensen * Peter Steen as Inspector Mortensen * Jes Holtsø as Børge Jensen * Kirsten Walther as Yvonne Jensen * Poul Reichhardt as Police chief *

Lotte Tarp Lotte Tarp (14 February 1945 – 24 October 2002) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 27 films between 1962 and 1990. She was born in Århus to the Danish composer, Svend Erik Tarp and died in Copenhagen. Partial filmography * '' C ...

as Ulla: Benny's girlfriend who is a pornographic actor. * Grethe Sønck as Connie * Ole Monty as Sheriff * Paul Hagen as Hansen Additional Cast: * Arthur Jensen * Ejner Federspiel * Poul Thomsen * Ulf Pilgaard * Ebba Amfeldt * Einar Juhl * Valsø Holm * Lise Henningsen *

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* Benny Hansen * Edward Fleming *

Solveig Sundborg Solveig Augusta Maria Sundborg (14 March 1910 – 22 July 2002) was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 23 films between 1932 and 1994. She was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and died in Denmark. Selected filmography * ''Han, hun og Hamlet ...

* Bjørn Puggaard-Müller *

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* Gunnar Strømvad * Asger Clausen * Gunnar Bigum * Bjørn Spiro * Knud Hilding

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Olsen Gang, The 1968 films 1968 comedy films Danish comedy films 1960s Danish-language films Films directed by Erik Balling Films with screenplays by Erik Balling 1960s heist films Olsen-banden films