The Olsen Gang on the Track

1975 1h 40m DA

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7.3

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★7.3TMDB · 57

FamilyComedyCrime

Synopsis

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Egon and his two cronies managed to sneak a fortune with them to Spain. Here they live a life in a whirl of pleasures, but they are not truly happy. While Egon always has the money chained to him, Bøffen still manages to steal them. Egon ends up in jail once again, and when he comes out, he has a brilliant plan.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Ove Sprogøe
Egon Olsen
Morten Grunwald
Benny Frandsen
Poul Bundgaard
Kjeld Jensen
Kirsten Walther
Yvonne Jensen
Jes Holtsø
Børge Jensen
Axel Strøbye
Kriminalkommisær Jensen
Ole Ernst
Detektiv Holm
Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt
Brodersen

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Erik Balling
Writers: Erik Balling, Henning Bahs
Languages: Danish
Countries: Denmark

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ERA

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51 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Olsen Gang Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Erik Balling, shot by Claus Loof. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Ole Steen Nielsen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Ove Sprogøe and Morten Grunwald and Poul Bundgaard carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0073482 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 57 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Erik Balling directs. Claus Loof behind the camera. Ole Steen Nielsen cuts. Produced in Denmark. Dialogue in Danish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

151 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "The Olsen Gang Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Erik Balling, shot by Claus Loof. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Ole Steen Nielsen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Ove Sprogøe and Morten Grunwald and Poul Bundgaard carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0073482 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 57 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Claus Loof
Editing: Ole Steen Nielsen
Production design: Henning Bahs
Costume design: Lotte Dandanell
Makeup / hair: Pia Wickmann
Runtime: 100 min · 1h 40m
Status: Released
Original language: DA
Certification (US): 12
IMDB: The Olsen Gang on the Track (1975)

Part of

The Olsen Gang Collection

The Olsen Gang (Danish: Olsen-banden, Norwegian: Olsenbanden, German: Die Olsenbande) is a fictional Danish criminal gang in the eponymous comedy film series. The gang's leader is the criminal genius and habitual offender Egon Olsen and his accomplices are Benny and Kjeld (Kjell in Norwegian). The gang members are harmless, extremely rarely target ordinary citizens, and never use violence. A Norwegian version of the film series was also made (a total of 14 films from 1969 to 1999), in most cases based directly on the scripts for the Danish films.