Erik Balling
Total Credits at Criticker: 31 (Director), 38 (Writer), 1 (Creator)
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Freddy Hansen (Morten Grunwald), a game salesman, is mistaken for a secret service agent on a ferry and kidnapped by enemy agents. He escapes and now the secret service want to use him as bait to track the enemy... (imdb)
Bohemians Arnold (Erik Clausen) and Benny (Kim Larsen), unemployed plumbers who earn their livelihood moonlighting, create their own little anarchic world in an abandoned factory. (All Movie Guide)
Egon returns from prison with a plan to steal a treasure from World War II, hidden in southern Norway.
The first of 13 Olsenbanden 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. (E.C. Hermsdorf)
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. (E.C. Hermsdorf)
Once again Egon Olsen has a plan. He has found out that the Germans left a large sum of money in one of their commando bunkers in Jutland, when they were defeated in 1945. Egon, Benny and Kjeld "appropriate" a car and drives to Jutland along with Kjelds family. They look forward to fooling the the people in Jutland, but of course, things don't go quite as planned.
After his usual stay behind bars, Egon has another cunning plan involving millions. They rob over 4 million from a money transport. The gang keeps a low profile and hide the money. But it's stolen by "Kongen" and "Knægten", who immediately start living it up. The gang once again is in trouble.
When Egon Olsen gets out of Vridlose State Prision once again, his friends Benny and Kjeld do not want to know about his new ingenious plan: they are actually WORKING in a shop! Thus, he has to think of something else to get his hands on the money of some international gangster. (E.C. Hermsdorf)
The Olsen Gang has finally made it. They are in Mallorca, having fulfilled their dream. Almost, that is. They don't have any money, so Egon has to open a safe at a restaurant to get some. As usual, however, Egon ends up in prision. When they return to Denmark, he has a new plan. (E.C. Hermsdorf)
The Olsen Gang has a plan of stealing a big load of gold bars, there is just one problem. Its on a train...
Egon and the gang are hired to stage a robbery of an antique Chinese vase for an economically challenged baron. Naturally they fooled, which infuriates Egon. The gang tries to get back at the baron by switching the vase with a cheap Hong Kong copy. One attempt is made during the barons hunting party, where Egon ends up being bricked up in the catacombs. In another attempt, the gang has to coordinate breaking through several walls at The Royal Theater in Copenhagen with the "Elverhøj" overture.
Egon is starting to be a little forgetful; he forgot the zone number, so he fails to open the strongbox. When he gets out of Vridslose State Prison, Kjeld and Benny have become associates of Yvonne's cousin Georg from America. He is not just some old-fashioned strongbox thief that can't remember like Egon, but a young hip IT criminal, that thinks that everyone else is inferior.
For once Egon is released from prison without a plan. Luckily Benny has a plan which Egon messes up in order to get thrown back in jail. This lets him get the information he needs for his next brilliant plan. The gang steal the plans for Daisy-Land, a plot to turn Denmark into a recreational area for the rest of Europe.
After his anual stay at Vridlose State Prison, Egon Olsen is back with a new plan. This includes braking into EU headquarters in Bruxelles, Belgium and even kidnapping a tank! (E.C. Hermsdorf)
As usual, Egon has an ingenious plan. And, as usual, it works just fine until one of the gang members makes some kind of funny error. This time, however, even Egon's life is in danger, for some international criminals try to get rid of him by throwing him into a container filled with acid. (E.C. Hermsdorf)
This is the last of the two-part finale of the Olsen Banden series (apart from the 1998 revival). Egon comes up with one brilliant plan after another to get the red suitcase in an attempt to assure world peace (and get the millions). This takes Egon and the gang to Paris, where they raise havoc at Maxim's by replacing the Sauce Imperial with traditional Danish gravy. They return to Denmark just in time for Keld and Yvonne's silver wedding anniversary. (Bo Brandt)
Egon has a plan! He'll need a drill, a cardboard honey and prune juice and a pile of dead rats. The goal is Hans Christian Andersen's original quill, as the Prime Minister himself has recruited Olsen Gang to pilfer from the Danish Export Museum. It is alleged national security and reputation. Or is it just the gang's nemesis Hallandsen who again took the ass on Egon ... (imdb)
Martha is a very old and very rusty freight steamer, sailing in the Mediterranean, almost forgotten by the danish shipping line. The crew takes advantage of this, leading a very comfortable and luxurious life on board. Not without financial problems though. The ship's owner is a very old school and disciplined person and certainly not satisfied with the state of the ship and the crew. But the crew shows their worth when they have to fight for the survival of their beloved old steamer.
Leopold, the head waiter at an inn in the Austrian alps, is in love with the beautiful Josepha, but because she is his boss he can't follow his fealings.
Ivan Reimer is an fading star in the world of cycling. At the Seksdagesløb (six days' race) he is up against his former partner, Otto Bertelsen, the favourite to win the race. Can Ivan still race against the very best, or is he too old like everyone says?
The gang from Christianshavn are up against demolition of their house.
A womanizing journalist is on the outs with the cops who want him in jail and a mysterious "thin man" who wants him dead. (imdb)
The young, beautiful and talented secretary Eva (Ghita Nørby) is tired of indecent offers from men who want to have her as their toys. Eva other hand, will not owned by anyone; she will be rich and independent, and she therefore decides that she wants to marry a very rich man and separated as soon as possible ...
After serving time in prison, Egon gets out, but is in love and wants to lead an honest life. But when a foreign criminal gang rob the National Bank they become suspects, and have to find the real perpetrators.
Olsenbanden try to rob one of the most advanced existing security vaults, with the help of Dynamitt-Harry.
A new animated feauture featuring Denmarks most beloved gang of criminals
Egil Olsen has a plan to easily steal 4 millions NOK, unfortunately their archenemies knows about it as well and it turns in to a never ending chase for the money.
Olsenbanden is once again on the move, this time it's the Bedford-diamonds in Switzerland that's their target.
Basse has found himself a girlfriend who is now pregnant, Valborg is determined to get them married before it shows. Unfortunately they got no money and it all depends on Egon who is looking to get revenge on the Baron who deceived him earlier.
Egon Olsen plans to steal 10 million dollars from a corrupt diplomat. But he faces competition from both his enemy Hansen and a sober Harry with new knowledge.
It's spring and the Poet is tired and having a writer's block. But 'Lillemor' sees spring as an opportunity to get a lot of work done around the house.
When crime writer Peter Sander runs out of gas on a dark night, he is about to ask for help at a house, when he hears a shot. He approaches the house, but no one answers the door...
Jönssonligan får guldfeber (The Johnsson Gang gets Gold Fever - International: English title ) is a Swedish film about the gang Jönssonligan made in 1984. (imdb)
The poet and Lillemor have become parents, but poetry and washing the diapers are two subjects which are hard to unite under the same roof. The two just married couples, the barber Anton and Vera plus the baker and Lise, are having some difficulties with their marriages but that doesn't scare off the butcher, who's got the hots for the midwife.
Poeten and Lillemor are making their living on his writing, but the general interest in modern poetry is low and their income very small. A creditor is dogging them, when a sudden bequest gives them some breathing-space. They buy an old house in a small village, where living is cheaper than in Copenhagen. The villagers are distrustful towards the newcomers. After a while the baker, the butcher and the grocer won't give Poeten and Lillemor credit anymore. Also the old creditor is back dogging the
The Jönsson gang try to rob a night club, but Vanheden has made the mistake to invite his constantly drunk cousin, Dynamite-Harry. Harry ruins the heist, and Sickan is arrested.
The movie begins with the Jönsson gang making a minor burglary. It goes wrong and the gang leader, Sickan, gets caught. After he has spent 10 months in jail, Vanheden and Rocky come to welcome him when he's released. But he doesn't take notice of them, and he's picked up by the mysterious banker Wall-Enberg Jr. instead. He wants Sickan to perform a burglary in Switzerland, in order to retrieve the famous Bedford Diamonds. (imdb)