The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders

1979 1h 48m DA

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 52

FamilyComedyCrime

Synopsis

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Egon plans to exploit knowledge gained during his latest term of incarceration. By stealing the unmanipulated financial records of DanInvest he obtains the majority of the stocks in the department store Magasin du Nord, just in time for their closing sale. The attempt to get the red suitcase that will save the day they rob the main vault at the EEC headquarters in Brussels and end up hijacking a tank.

“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
Axel Strøbye
Kriminalkommisær Jensen
Ole Ernst
Detektiv Holm
Bjørn Watt-Boolsen
Bang-Johansen
Peter Steen
Hallandsen

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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47 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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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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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 Finn Henriksen 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: tt0079662 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Only 52 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. Bent Fabricius-Bjerre scores. Finn Henriksen cuts. Produced in Denmark. Dialogue in Danish.

Trivia

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147 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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.
4Original score by Bent Fabricius-Bjerre. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Finn Henriksen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Ove Sprogøe and Morten Grunwald and Poul Bundgaard carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0079662 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 52 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Claus Loof
Original score: Bent Fabricius-Bjerre
Editing: Finn Henriksen
Production design: Henning Bahs
Costume design: Ulla Houmann
Makeup / hair: Elisabeth Bukkehave
Runtime: 108 min · 1h 48m
Status: Released
Original language: DA
Certification (US): 12
IMDB: The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders (1979)

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.