Olsen-banden Junior | |
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Directed by | Peter Flinth [1] |
Written by | Anne-Marie Olesen Lars Mering Nikolaj Scherfig |
Produced by | Thomas Heinesen [2] |
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 min. [3] |
Country | Denmark |
Language | Danish |
Olsen-banden Junior [4] 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. [5] The film is also a sequel to the Christmas calendar Olsen-bandens første kup from 1999. The film premiered on December 14, 2001. [6] The film was a moderate success compared to the original series and the Swedish and Norwegian equivalents. [7] [8] The film later received a novelization of the same name. [9]
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. [10]
The film was released on home video by June 2002. [11] It premiered on television on April 2, 2003. [12] After the film there were more Junior installments in the Olsen-banden franchise and the next films are animated. [13]
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Olsen-banden Junior | |
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![]() English poster | |
Directed by | Peter Flinth [1] |
Written by | Anne-Marie Olesen Lars Mering Nikolaj Scherfig |
Produced by | Thomas Heinesen [2] |
Starring | Aksel Leth Christian Stoltenberg Jakob A. Bernit Signe Lerche |
Music by | Bent Fabricius-Bjerre |
Distributed by | Nordisk Film |
Release date |
|
Running time | 85 min. [3] |
Country | Denmark |
Language | Danish |
Olsen-banden Junior [4] 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. [5] The film is also a sequel to the Christmas calendar Olsen-bandens første kup from 1999. The film premiered on December 14, 2001. [6] The film was a moderate success compared to the original series and the Swedish and Norwegian equivalents. [7] [8] The film later received a novelization of the same name. [9]
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. [10]
The film was released on home video by June 2002. [11] It premiered on television on April 2, 2003. [12] After the film there were more Junior installments in the Olsen-banden franchise and the next films are animated. [13]
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cite book}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)