Olsen-banden Junior

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]

This article is about the Danish film. For the Norwegian franchise, see Olsenbanden Jr.
Olsen-banden Junior
English poster
Directed byPeter Flinth[1]
Written byAnne-Marie Olesen
Lars Mering
Nikolaj Scherfig
Produced byThomas Heinesen[2]
StarringAksel Leth
Christian Stoltenberg
Jakob A. Bernit
Signe Lerche
Music byBent Fabricius-Bjerre
Distributed byNordisk Film
Release date
  • 14 December 2001 (2001-12-14)
Running time
85 min.[3]
CountryDenmark
LanguageDanish

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.[10]

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.[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]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Tobias Lynge Herler (2001). "OLSEN BANDEN JUNIOR (2001)". philm.dk. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  3. Staff. "OLSEN BANDEN JUNIOR". Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  4. 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)
  5. Staff (December 14, 2001). "Unge Egon har igen en plan". Danmarks Radio. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  6. "Olsen Banden Junior". CinemaZone. Archived from the original on 28 November 2013. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  7. 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.
  8. Kronow, Rolf (March 19, 2003). "Ny Olsen Banden-film". Politiken. Archived from the original on 9 February 2020. Retrieved 2018-07-14.
  9. Scherfig, Nikolaj (2017). Olsen-banden Junior. Lindhardt og Ringhof. p. 128. ISBN 978-8711724064.
  10. Staff. "Olsen-banden Junior". Letterboxd. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  11. Staff (June 25, 2002). "'Olsen Banden Junior' på video". Fyens Stiftstidende. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  12. Frank Ehrlacher (February 17, 2003). "OLSENBANDE JUNIOR". MovieMaster.de. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-15.
  13. 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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