Erik Balling — Director (27)
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Revolution My A.. (1970)
Rend mig i revolutionen WikiData IMDb TMDB
Erik Balling actor: Ove Sprogøe / Poul Bundgaard …
other title: Rend mig i revolutionen / Revolution My A
A comedy about a Danish private detective, normally just occupied with cases about unfaithful spouses, is suddenly involved in murder, arms deal, revolution in Guateragua, briefcase full of money and the Danish intelligence agency.
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Faith, Hope and Witchcraft (1960)
Tro, håb og trolddom WikiData IMDb TMDB
Erik Balling actor: Bodil Ipsen / Gunnar Lauring …
other title: Tro, håb og trolddom / Glaube, Hoffnung und Zauberei
In the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean on the island of Troldø lives a single farming family. The grandmother Gunhild is the only woman on the island and her son Enok is unable to find a wife. Gunhild's advanced age causes her to worry for the future of the family. So she initiates a plan to get Enok married, a plan that is put into action when the young Eva becomes stranded on the island. But the community must be shaken by several dramatic events before Gunhild can breathe a sigh of relief.
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The Girl Gogo (1962)
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Erik Balling actor: Kristbjörg Kjeld / Gunnar Eyjólfsson …
other title: 79 af stöðinni
Ragnar has left his family farm and works as a taxi driver in Reykjavík in the early sixties. He's drawn to the beautiful but unhappy girl Gogo and hopes to build a better life with her. But she's a lost soul and their brief romance results in tragedy.
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The Poet and the Little Mother (1959)
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Erik Balling actor: Henning Moritzen / Helle Virkner …
other title: Einesteils der Liebe wegen / Poeten og Lillemor
Poeten and Lillemor are making their living on his writing, but the general interest in modern poetry is low and their income very small. A creditor is dogging them, when a sudden bequest gives them some breathing-space. They buy an old house in a small village, where living is cheaper than in Copenhagen. The villagers are distrustful towards the newcomers. After a while the baker, the butcher and the grocer won't give Poeten and Lillemor credit anymore. Also the old creditor is back dogging them. Should Poeten renounce his high poetical standards and write simple verses for popular music, to get money?
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Relax Freddy (1966)
Slap af, Frede WikiData IMDb TMDB
Erik Balling actor: Morten Grunwald / Ove Sprogøe …
other title: Entspann dich, Frede / Détendez-vous Freddie …
A Chinese diplomat is kidnapped from a conference in Genève and the world peace is at risk. The trail leads to a hiding place in Denmark and the Danish secret service brings in their best agent, agent Smith, who has been in a psychiatric hospital since his last assignment. To accompany Smith they once again turn to novelty and party tricks salesman Frede Hansen, because they need an unrecognizable man to infiltrate the crime syndicate behind the kidnapping.
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Death Comes at High Noon (1964)
Døden kommer til middag IMDb Douban
Erik Balling actor: Poul Reichhardt / Helle Virkner …
other title: Døden kommer til middag / Tod bei Tisch
The whodunit author Peter Sander runs out of gas on a stormy night and soon gets entangled in his own real-life murder mystery. With the aid of the precocious young boy John Lindberg, he sets out to discover who killed the elderly hermit and left him in an abandoned farm house.
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Qivitoq (1956)
Qivitoq - fjeldgængeren WikiData IMDb TMDB
Erik Balling actor: Poul Reichhardt / Astrid Villaume …
other title: 恶魔奎维托克 / Qivitoq - fjeldgængeren …
A young teacher, Eva Nygaard, arrives in Greenland from Denmark to surprise her fiancé, the Doctor Erik Halsøe, but is crushed to find he has not waited for her and he is about to be married to his assisting nurse. Eva travels to a small fishing village to await the next ship back to Denmark. There she enters into a tense and often confrontational relationship with Jens, a quiet moody Dane who manages a trading company outpost. Meanwhile, Jens is trying to persuade a Greenlander named Pavia to become a company fisherman, despite Pavia's fear of alienating his fellow villagers and upsetting the spirit, Qivitoq.
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The Olsen Gang on the Track (1975)
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Erik Balling actor: Ove Sprogøe / Morten Grunwald …
other title: Olsen-banden på sporet / Die Olsenbande stellt die Weichen
Egon and his two cronies managed to sneak a fortune with them to Spain. Here they live a life in a whirl of pleasures, but they are not truly happy. While Egon always has the money chained to him, Bøffen still manages to steal them. Egon ends up in jail once again, and when he comes out, he has a brilliant plan.
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The Olsen Gang's Big Score (1972)
Olsen-bandens store kup WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Erik Balling actor: Ove Sprogøe / Morten Grunwald …
other title: Olsen-bandens store kup / Die Olsenbande und ihr großer Coup …
After his usual stay behind bars, Egon has another cunning plan involving millions. They rob over 4 million from a money transport. The gang keeps a low profile and hide the money. But it's stolen by "Kongen" and "Knægten", who immediately start living it up - in the penthouse suite at the Sheraton. The suitcase with the money changes hands several times, before Kongen's daughter takes of with all the money.
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The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders (1979)
Olsen-banden overgiver sig aldrig WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Erik Balling actor: Ove Sprogøe / Morten Grunwald …
other title: Olsen-banden overgiver sig aldrig / Die Olsenbande ergibt sich nie …
Egon plans to exploit knowledge gained during his latest term of incarceration. By stealing the unmanipulated financial records of DanInvest he obtains the majority of the stocks in the department store Magasin du Nord, just in time for their closing sale. The attempt to get the red suitcase that will save the day they rob the main vault at the EEC headquarters in Brussels and end up hijacking a tank.
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The Olsen Gang Outta Sight (1977)
Olsen-banden deruda' WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Erik Balling actor: Ove Sprogøe / Morten Grunwald …
other title: Olsen-banden deruda' / Die Olsenbande schlägt wieder zu …
Egon is starting to be a little forgetful; he forgot the zone number, so he fails to open the strongbox. When he gets out of Vridslose State Prison, Kjeld and Benny have become associates of Yvonne's cousin Georg from America. He is not just some old-fashioned strongbox thief that can't remember like Egon, but a young hip IT criminal, that thinks that everyone else is inferior. However, Egon doesn't take lightly to the Georg's patronizing so he sabotages Georg's computer and ruins his cup. This time Egon's ambitions reaches a new high, when he and his gang break in to the World Bank, and they get away with it. Of course, thanks to Yvonne, they aren't rich very long.
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The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence (1981)
Olsen-bandens flugt over plankeværket WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Erik Balling actor: Ove Sprogøe / Morten Grunwald …
other title: Olsen-bandens flugt over plankeværket / Die Olsenbande fliegt über die Planke …
As usual, Egon has an ingenious plan. And, as usual, it works just fine until one of the gang members makes some kind of funny error. This time, however, even Egon's life is in danger, for some international criminals try to get rid of him by throwing him into a container filled with acid.
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The Olsen Gang Runs Amok (1973)
Olsen-banden går amok WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Erik Balling actor: Ove Sprogøe / Morten Grunwald …
other title: Olsen-banden går amok / Die Olsenbande läuft Amok …
When Egon Olsen gets out of Vridlose State Prision once again, his friends Benny and Kjeld do not want to know about his new ingenious plan: they are actually WORKING in a shop! Thus, he has to think of something else to get his hands on the money of some international gangster.
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The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang (1974)
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Erik Balling actor: Ove Sprogøe / Morten Grunwald …
other title: Olsen-bandens sidste bedrifter / Der (voraussichtlich) letzte Streich der Olsenbande
The Olsen Gang has finally made it. They are in Mallorca, having fulfilled their dream. Almost, that is. They don't have any money, so Egon has to open a safe at a restaurant to get some. As usual, however, Egon ends up in prision. When they return to Denmark, he has a new plan.