The Olsen Gang in a Fix

1969 1h 51m DA

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 57

FamilyComedyCrime

Synopsis

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A good looking female social welfare worker makes Egon Olsen forget about crimes for some time, but when an American gangster breaks into a local bank and the police think its Egon's work, he has to get back to work to prove he's innocent.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Ove Sprogøe
Egon Olsen
Morten Grunwald
Benny Frandsen
Poul Bundgaard
Kjeld Jensen
Ghita Nørby
Bodil Hansen
Peter Steen
Mortensen
Preben Kaas
Dynamit Harry
Poul Reichhardt
Politichefen
Paul Hagen
Hansen

Credits

Behind the camera

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

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ERA

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57 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Danish, German.

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3 / 8

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 Jørgen Skov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Bent Fabricius-Bjerre. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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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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7 / 8

CAST

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

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0064755 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Erik Balling directs. Jørgen Skov behind the camera. Bent Fabricius-Bjerre scores. Ole Steen Nielsen cuts. Produced in Denmark. Dialogue in English, Danish, German.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

157 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Danish, German.
3Part of the "The Olsen Gang Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Erik Balling, shot by Jørgen Skov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Bent Fabricius-Bjerre. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Ole Steen Nielsen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Ove Sprogøe and Morten Grunwald and Poul Bundgaard carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0064755 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 57 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Jørgen Skov
Original score: Bent Fabricius-Bjerre
Editing: Ole Steen Nielsen
Production design: Henning Bahs
Costume design: Lotte Dandanell
Makeup / hair: Karen Balsner
Runtime: 111 min · 1h 51m
Status: Released
Original language: DA
Certification (US): 12
IMDB: The Olsen Gang in a Fix (1969)

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.