6.7/10 1,568 votes

Released:
1968-10-11

Overview:
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.

Director:
Erik Balling

Runtime:
1h 20min

Genre:
Family, Comedy, Crime

• Cast:
• 
  Ove Sprogøe
  as
  Egon Olsen
• 
  Morten Grunwald
  as
  Benny Frandsen
• 
  Poul Bundgaard
  as
  Kjeld Jensen
• 
  Peter Steen
  as
  Mortensen
• 
  Poul Reichhardt
  as
  Politichefen