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Release Date:
October 11, 1968
Original Title:
Olsen-banden
Alternate Titles:
Az Olsen banda
Die Olsenbande
Die Panzerknackerbande
Gang Olsena
Olsen Banden 01
Olsen Banden 1
Genres:
Comedy | Crime | Family
Production Companies:
Nordisk Film Denmark
Production Countries:
Denmark
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12 DK: A XG: 12
Runtime: 80
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.
Assistant Camera:
Peter Klitgaard
Assistant Director:
Sten Hasager
Costume Design:
Lotte Dandanell
Director:
Erik Balling
Director of Photography:
Claus Loof
Jeppe Jeppesen
Editor:
Ole Steen Nielsen
Location Scout:
Bo Christensen
Makeup Artist:
Ruth Mahler
Original Music Composer:
Bent Fabricius-Bjerre
Painter:
John Wexøe
Producer:
Bo Christensen
Production Design:
Henning Bahs
Production Manager:
Bo Christensen
Props:
Magnus Magnusson
Helge Hansen
Screenplay:
Erik Balling
Sound:
Hans W. Sørensen
Sound Assistant:
Andreas Møller
Still Photographer:
Gerhard Pedersen
Writer:
Henning Bahs
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