The Olsen Gang
1968/10/11 (US) | Family, Comedy, Crime
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.
Erik Balling
Screenplay
Erik Balling
Director
Lead Cast
Ove Sprogøe
Egon Olsen
Morten Grunwald
Benny Frandsen
Poul Bundgaard
Kjeld Jensen
Peter Steen
Mortensen
Poul Reichhardt
Chief of Police
Kirsten Walther
Yvonne Jensen
Lotte Tarp
Ulla
Budget
$ 145,076
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- Nordisk Film Denmark
Crews
Ole Steen Nielsen
Editor
Bent Fabricius-Bjerre
Original Music Composer
Claus Loof
Director of Photography
Jeppe Jeppesen
Director of Photography
Bo Christensen
Producer
Magnus Magnusson
Props