| Olsen-banden Junior | |
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| Directed by | Peter Flinth |
| Written by | Anne-Marie Olesen Lars Mering Nikolaj Scherfig |
| Produced by | Thomas Heinesen |
| Starring | Aksel Leth Christian Stoltenberg Jakob A. Bernit Signe Lerche |
| Music by | Bent Fabricius-Bjerre |
| Distributed by | Nordisk Film |
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| Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
Olsen-banden Junior is a 2001 Danish family-comedy heist film. It is a prequel to the long running Danish film series Olsen-banden, and an implementation of the concept used by the Swedish Olsen-banden remakes prequels Lilla Jönssonligan. The film is also a sequel to the Christmas calendar Olsen-bandens første kup from 1999. The film premiered on December 14, 2001. The film was a moderate success compared to the original series and the Swedish and Norwegian equivalents. The film later received a novelization of the same name.
Plot
In the year of 1958, Egon Olsen, the child genius, tries to escape the orphanage where he lives by setting himself up to be adopted by a rich couple. Problems arise when it turns out that the couple are rocket scientists who want to use him as a test subject to be sent into space.
Cast
- Aksel Leth as Egon Olsen
- Christian Stoltenberg as Benny
- Jacob A. Bernit as Kjeld
- Signe Lerche as Yvonne
- Sebastian Jessen]as Kenneth
- Jesper Langberg as Hallandsen
- Ellen Hillingsø as Doctor Rakowski
- Christina Stojanovich as Inge-Margrethe
- Henrik Lykkegaard as Holm
- Claus Bue as Crime Assistant Jensen
- Claus Ryskjær as Manager
- Ole Thestrup as Major Schröder
- Lasse Lunderskov as Wasteman
- Henning Sprogøe as Mister Olsen
Reception
The film was released on home video by June 2002. It premiered on television on April 2, 2003. After the film there were more Junior installments in the Olsen-banden franchise and the next films are animated.
References
- Lundgren, Åke (September 6, 2007). "Även bra scener går att klippa ner..." Expressen. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
- Tobias Lynge Herler (2001). "OLSEN BANDEN JUNIOR (2001)". philm.dk. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
- Staff. "OLSEN BANDEN JUNIOR". Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
- John Sundholm, Isak Thorsen, Lars Gustaf Andersson (2012). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Scarecrow Press. p. 301. ISBN 9780810855243.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Staff (December 14, 2001). "Unge Egon har igen en plan". Danmarks Radio. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
- "Olsen Banden Junior". CinemaZone. Archived from the original on 28 November 2013. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
- Tommy Gustafsson (2015). Nordic Genre Film: Small Nation Film Cultures in the Global Marketplace. Traditions in World Cinema. Edinburgh University Press. p. 9. ISBN 9780748693184.
- Kronow, Rolf (March 19, 2003). "Ny Olsen Banden-film". Politiken. Archived from the original on 9 February 2020. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
- Scherfig, Nikolaj (2017). Olsen-banden Junior. Lindhardt og Ringhof. p. 128. ISBN 978-8711724064.
- Staff. "Olsen-banden Junior". Letterboxd. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
- Staff (June 25, 2002). "'Olsen Banden Junior' på video". Fyens Stiftstidende. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
- Frank Ehrlacher (February 17, 2003). "OLSENBANDE JUNIOR". MovieMaster.de. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
- Queitsch, Henrick (October 10, 2013). "0 stjerner til ny Olsen-banden film". Ekstra Bladet. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
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