The Olsen Gang

Name: The Olsen Gang
Director: Erik Balling
Genre: Family, Comedy, Crime
Released: 1968-10-11
Duration: 80 min
Cast: Ove Sprogøe, Morten Grunwald, Poul Bundgaard, Peter Steen, Poul Reichhardt

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1968 · 80 min · Family · Comedy · Crime · TMDB 7.0/10

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.

Directed by Erik Balling

Cast

Ove Sprogøe — Egon Olsen
Morten Grunwald — Benny Frandsen
Poul Bundgaard — Kjeld Jensen
Peter Steen — Mortensen
Poul Reichhardt — Politichefen