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Complete Filmography

Olsen Gang Junior
2001
In 1958, a young Egon Olsen tries to escape from the orphanage by being adopted by a rich couple - but his new "parents" are rocket scientists who wan...

The Olsen Gang's Last Trick
1999
Writer
Fifteen years after they last saw each other, Benny, Valborg and Dynamitt-Harry discovers that Egon Olsen is out of prison and living in a retirement ...

The Olsen Gang's Last Trick
1998
as Henning Bahs (uncredited)
Egon escapes from the psychiatric ward, where he has been incarcerated since the gang's last coup. Keld and Benny pick him up, and when Egon, as alway...

The Olsen Gang's Last Trick
1998
Screenplay, Writer
Egon escapes from the psychiatric ward, where he has been incarcerated since the gang's last coup. Keld and Benny pick him up, and when Egon, as alway...

Europa
1991
Production Design
A young, idealist American gets a job as a train conductor for the Zentropa railway network in postwar, US-occupied Frankfurt. As various people try t...

Memories of a Marriage
1989
Set Decoration
Karl Åge and Regitze host a summer garden party for close friends, their son, and his family. Karl Åge is quiet, detached; Regitze is spirited, lively...

Murder in Paradise
1988
Writer
The nameless journalist from Murder in the Dark receives two shocks in quick succession. First, his good friend Kurt is murdered, and then his editor-...
Profil af et job 2 - Folkene bag kameraet
1988
as Self
Profil af et job 1 – Folkene bag kameraet
1988
as Self

Murder in the Dark
1986
Writer
A womanizing journalist is on the outs with the cops who want him in jail and a mysterious "thin man" who wants him dead.

The Jönsson Gang Gets Gold Fever
1984
Original Story
Sickan has a new plan. This time, the gang are going to steal a small computer micro chip which contains a top secret plan of what the government inte...

In the Middle of the Night
1984
Writer
Benny and Arnold are homeless and along with others living on Nørrebro in Copenhagen. The police is set to clear the building they squat in, but on th...

Otto Is a Rhino
1983
Production Design
The boy Topper is bored. He finds a pencil that proves to have magical powers. Draw a rhino, and right away, you have a real rhino for a companion. A ...

The Jönsson Gang & Dynamite Harry
1982
Screenplay
Sickan, Vanheden and Rocky try to rob the Berns nightclub one night, but Vanheden has made the mistake to invite his constantly drunk cousin, the old ...

The Olsen Gang Long Gone
1981
Writer, Production Design, Special Effects
Criminal genius Egon Olsen presents his accomplices Benny and Keld with yet another infallible plan that can only end badly. The booty is a red suitca...

Beware of the Jönsson Gang
1981
Characters
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 i...

The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence
1981
Writer, Production Design, Special Effects
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, howev...

Jeppe på Bjerget
1981
Writer
Jeppe is a bedraggled day laborer whose great vice is brandy. And when he falls down drunk in the field, a passing baron is tempted to play a prank on...

The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
1979
Writer, Production Design, Special Effects
Egon plans to exploit knowledge gained during his latest term of incarceration. By stealing the unmanipulated financial records of DanInvest he obtain...

Kick Me in the Traditions!
1979
Production Design
Based on Leif Panduro's 1958 satire classic. David, a senior high-school student, aims a swift kick at his principal's behind and is committed to a ps...

The Olsen Gang Goes to War
1978
Screenplay, Production Design, Special Effects
Some criminal EU ministers plan to turn Denmark into a gigantic fair ground and holiday paradise. Egon gets his hand at some important documents which...

The Olsen Gang and Data-Harry Blows Up The World Bank
1978
Writer
With the help of a corrupt diplomat the Olsen Gang plans to rob the World Bank, with help from the re-schooled Dynamite-Harry, now a computer expert.

The Olsen Gang and Dynamite-Harry On The Trail
1977
Writer
The Olsen Gang is robbed in Spain and loses the millions they earned from their last heist. Egon has a plan to get the money back by robbing the Natio...

The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
1977
Production Design, Writer, Special Effects
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, K...

The Moelleby affair
1976
Writer
Mølleby is a small, cozy market town. The year is 1924, and the sight of a Rolls Royce from Copenhagen is a sensation. But all is not as idyllic as it...

The Olsen Gang For Full Music
1976
Writer
Egon Olsen is commissioned to help a baron with an insurance fraud. As the dividend can finance Basse's wedding, even Valborg accepts the plans.

The Olsen Gang Sees Red
1976
Writer, Production Design, Special Effects
Egon and the gang are hired to stage a robbery of an antique Chinese vase for an economically challenged baron. Naturally they fooled, which infuriate...

Kassen stemmer
1976
Writer
Three young men discover a scam that three somewhat older gentlemen from Aarhus' upper class have set up to avoid bankruptcy. The gentlemen directors ...

Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde
1976
Writer

The Olsen Gang on the Track
1975
Screenplay, Production Design, Special Effects
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. W...

The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang
1975
Writer
The Olsen Gang has to pay for their summer vacation in Spain, and Egon is hired to open a safe with black market money in Switzerland. He is conned, b...

The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang
1974
Writer, Production Design, Special Effects
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 ope...

The Olsen Gang meets The King and the Jackal
1974
Writer
The Olsen Gang becomes millionaires. Unfortunately for the gang, their arch-enemies, the King and the Jack, are planning to steal the money for themse...

The Olsen Gang and Dynamite-Harry Goes Wild
1973
Writer
Egon and the gang is about to commit their biggest heist – stealing 6 millions from an undercover operation at a freight company. The money is stored ...

The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
1973
Writer, Production Design, Special Effects
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 ...

The Olsen Gang's Big Score
1972
Writer, Production Design
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 l...

The Olsen Gang Takes the Gold
1972
Writer
Egon returns from prison with the key to a big heist, a hidden Nazi-treasure. The Olsen Gang finds the location of the treasure, but problems arise wh...

The Olsen Gang in Jutland
1971
Screenplay, Production Design
The Olsen gang in Jutland. Ones again Egon Olsen has a plan when he gets out of Vridslose State Prison. He has found out that the Germans left a large...

Our Home Is Our Castle
1971
Writer
Residents of the old house are quite happy with their existence. But once they find out that the authorities plan to demolish the entire neighborhood ...

One of Those Things
1971
Production Design
A successful auto executive Vinther becomes entwined with a young nubile girl, following an avoidable car accident, that results in the death of a man...

Revolution My A..
1970
Writer
A comedy about a Danish private detective, normally just occupied with cases about unfaithful spouses, is suddenly involved in murder, arms deal, revo...

The Olsen Gang and Dynamite-Harry
1970
Writer
A foreign criminal gang makes a large-scale bank coup. The suspicion falls on the Olsen Gang. They escape, take up the hunt for the real criminals and...

The Olsen Gang in a Fix
1969
Screenplay, Production Design
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...

The Olsen Gang
1969
Screenplay
Egon Olsen is the leader of the Olsen Gang. While he was in the slammer, he planned how he would steal the fantastic golden figure Keizeroppzatsen.

The Olsen Gang
1968
Writer, Production Design
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 gan...

Me and My Kid Brother and the Smugglers
1968
Production Design
It's not just eels and rubber boots that Søren and Peter catch when they fish in waters teeming with smugglers... The parish council is against servin...

They All Do It
1968
Production Design
Johannes is a shy and inexperienced young student at the music conservatory. He is a Mozart admirer and in love with his fellow student Elisabeth, who...

Martha
1967
Writer
The oldest ship in the fleet, Martha, and her jolly crew, must race Harald and win, or it's the scrappers next.

Once There Was a War
1966
Production Design
The film is a window into the world of fifteen-year-old Tim, sharing his joys and sorrows and his first encounter with love, during the German occupa...

Relax Freddy
1966
Writer
A Chinese diplomat is kidnapped from a conference in Genève and the world peace is at risk. The trail leads to a hiding place in Denmark and the Danis...

Strike First Freddy
1965
Writer
Frede Hansen, 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 ...

Landmandsliv
1965
Production Design
The landowner couple Von Rambow are experiencing significant financial difficulties and are therefore forced to leave their residence and their happy ...

Forelsket i København
1960
Writer
Jan Scharf's band is playing at Grönköbing Folk Park. Pianist Jan flirts with a young female audience member. Her friend notices what is going on, so ...