The Olsen Gang's Last Trick

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1998 Danish film
  • 18 December 1998 (1998-12-18)
Running time
100 minutesCountryDenmarkLanguageDanishBox office627,101 admissions (Denmark)[1]

The Olsen Gang's Last Trick (Danish: Olsen-bandens sidste stik) is a 1998 Danish comedy film directed by Tom Hedegaard and Morten Arnfred, and starring Ove Sprogøe. The film was the 14th and last in the Olsen Gang-series.

Cast

  • Ove Sprogøe as Egon Olsen
  • Morten Grunwald as Benny Frandsen
  • Poul Bundgaard as Kjeld Jensen
    • Tommy Kenter as Kjeld Jensen (Stand-in)
    • Kurt Ravn as the voice of Kjeld
  • Grethe Sønck as Ruth Hansen
  • Jes Holtsø as Børge Jensen
  • Axel Strøbye as Kriminalassistent Jensen
  • Ole Ernst as Politiassistent Holm
  • Bjørn Watt-Boolsen as Hallandsen
  • Henrik Koefoed as J.M.R. Holm Hansen Jr.
  • Ove Verner Hansen as Bøffen
  • Michael Hasselflug as Alf
  • Jesper Langberg as Direktør for Statsadministrationens Destruktionsanstalt
  • Claus Ryskjær as Portvagt
  • Henrik Lykkegaard as Sikkerhedsvagt
  • Benny Hansen as Portør
  • Jan Hertz as Ejendomsmægler
  • Holger Perfort as Forstander for Institut for Teoretisk kriminalitet

Reception

The film is generally considered a disaster, both on and off screen. Main actor Poul Bundgaard and director Tom Hedegaard both died during production, Benny Hansen who appeared briefly as a hospital porter died two days after the end of filming, and veteran actor Bjørn Watt-Boolsen, who had appeared as the evil mastermind in most of the previous movies in the series, died just 10 days after opening night. The film itself was generally scolded by critics, and even Olsen Gang creator and script writer Erik Balling later regretted having made it.[2]

The film was the second highest grossing film in Denmark during 1999 behind The One and Only with admissions of 627,101.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Denmark Top 10 1999". Screen International. 4 February 2000. p. 29.
  2. ^ "Oves sidste film var et helvede". 17 October 2010.

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