Morten Grunwald
Birthday: 1934-12-09
Place of Birth: Odense, Denmark
Biography: Born in Odense, Denmark on December 9th, 1934, Morten Grunwald is "World famous in Denmark" for several popular film roles. Most famous, however, will always be his Benny in all of the "Olsen Banden" films, where he starred alongside Ove Sprogøe and Poul Bundgaard. He attended Odense Theatrical School in 1958 and graduated from The Royal Theater of Denmark's Theatrical School in 1962. Since 1971, he has been the director of several theatres in Copenhagen: Bristol Teatret (1971-1980), Betty Nansen Teatret (1980-1992), Østre Gasværk (1992-1998).
Movies
The Olsen Gang
The first of 14 Olsen Gang films presents us with Egon Olsen, head of the gang, and his friends Benn...
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The Olsen Gang in Jutland
The Olsen gang in Jutland. Ones again Egon Olsen has a plan when he gets out of Vridslose State Pris...
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The Olsen Gang on the Track
Egon and his two cronies managed to sneak a fortune with them to Spain. Here they live a life in a w...
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The Olsen Gang Sees Red
Egon and the gang are hired to stage a robbery of an antique Chinese vase for an economically challe...
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Days in My Father's House
After twelve years in the US, Kirsten returns home to her father with her American husband and their...
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Martha
The oldest ship in the fleet, Martha, and her jolly crew, must race Harald and win, or it's the scra...
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The Olsen Gang in a Fix
A good looking female social welfare worker makes Egon Olsen forget about crimes for some time, but ...
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The Olsen Gang's Last Trick
Egon escapes from the psychiatric ward, where he has been incarcerated since the gang's last coup. K...
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The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang
The Olsen Gang has finally made it. They are in Mallorca, having fulfilled their dream. Almost, that...
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The Olsen Gang Goes to War
Some criminal EU ministers plan to turn Denmark into a gigantic fair ground and holiday paradise. Eg...
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The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
Egon is starting to be a little forgetful; he forgot the zone number, so he fails to open the strong...
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The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
Egon plans to exploit knowledge gained during his latest term of incarceration. By stealing the unma...
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Strike First Freddy
Frede Hansen, a game salesman, is mistaken for a secret service agent on a ferry and kidnapped by en...
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Relax Freddy
A Chinese diplomat is kidnapped from a conference in Genève and the world peace is at risk. The trai...
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Friends at Arms: On a Bear Run
The German bear Fido from Münich is sweet, easygoing and nice, and just loves Danish soldiers. Thus,...
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The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
When Egon Olsen gets out of Vridlose State Prision once again, his friends Benny and Kjeld do not wa...
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The Olsen Gang's Big Score
After his usual stay behind bars, Egon has another cunning plan involving millions. They rob over 4 ...
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The Olsen Gang Long Gone
Criminal genius Egon Olsen presents his accomplices Benny and Keld with yet another infallible plan ...
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The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence
As usual, Egon has an ingenious plan. And, as usual, it works just fine until one of the gang member...
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White Night
A psychological drama about Ulrich, a workaholic whose life takes a drastic turn when he is involved...
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The Black Madonna
When Maria's father sends her a valuable icon that he stole, she must decide whether to collect the ...
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Landmandsliv
The landowner couple Von Rambow are experiencing significant financial difficulties and are therefor...
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The Egborg Girl
If your name is Kaj Jensen and you live on Frederiksborggade, there is a certain likelihood that you...
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Een pige og 39 sømænd
This festive comedy has a theme song that was incredibly popular in its day – but which is missing a...
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Five men and Rosa
In a hospital's five-bed room—room number 13—there are five very different men with very different b...
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Life with Daddy
Herbert and Bitten live in a lovely house, happily married with two children. Herbert is a teacher a...
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Pretty-Arne and Rosa
Denmark, 1967. In the midst of a cultural renaissance, all cultured people want to support Danish ci...
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Hip Hip Hurrah!
The life and times of the Scandinavian artists' colony who lived in Skagen on the Danish coast durin...
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En af dagene
Depiction of ordinary everyday life. The action takes place in an office, with the characters Tom, N...
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The Wolf at the Door
Chronicling a period of time in Paul Gauguin's life, this film follows him through his struggles in ...
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Det var en lørdag aften
One Saturday evening, Trine prepares dinner for her boyfriend Hans. Unfortunately, Hans is delayed, ...
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Dyden går amok
Hidden among the dunes on the west coast of Jutland lies HU, where fishermen struggle to earn a livi...
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Gambler
A humorous documentary about Nicolas Winding Refn and his struggle to secure his family financially ...
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I den grønne skov
"Modern vaudeville," where the entire story takes place at Dyrehavsbakken. In an impressionistic sty...
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Nu stiger den
A folk comedy loosely based on the career of Danish inventor and aviation pioneer Jacob Christian El...
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Death Comes at High Noon
A dark evening, a crime writer Peter Sander, drives through a forest when his car runs out of petrol...
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Hvad med os?
Martin has just returned home from Africa and meets Lis at an anti-nuclear demonstration. They begin...
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Det er ikke appelsiner - det er heste
In inner Copenhagen, in the real old town, in greengrocer Mortensen's property right under Tagskægge...
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En ven i bolignøden
Among the residents of the boarding house on Fredhvilevej are Børge Blom, a civil servant, the feist...
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Jetpiloter
Two brothers, Ras and Jan, have always been together during the long training to become jet pilots i...
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Kassen stemmer
Three young men discover a scam that three somewhat older gentlemen from Aarhus' upper class have se...
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Along Came a Soldier
A soldier seeks justice against a group of men who murdered a prostitute....
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Løgn og løvebrøl
An unsuccessful animal impersonator wants publicity and feeds an overly eager journalist a story. Th...
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Murder in the Dark
A womanizing journalist is on the outs with the cops who want him in jail and a mysterious "thin man...
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Only the Truth
A woman, Ilse Brehmer, finds the body of a dead man, a journalist. He has been murdered, and later w...
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Hjerter er trumf
Drama about a man in his thirties who experiences an identity crisis after receiving a heart transpl...
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When a Man Comes Home
A small provincial town is buzzing with excitement: the town´s most illustrious son, a world-famous ...
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Murder in Paradise
The nameless journalist from Murder in the Dark receives two shocks in quick succession. First, his ...
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Silent Heart
Three generations of a family gather over a weekend. The sisters Sanne and Heidi have accepted their...
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Asger Jorn
Portrait about the legendary abstract painter Asger Jorn told by painter and poet Per Kirkeby....
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Ballerup Boulevard
A film about one fourteen year old girl whose happy life ends when the family's economic status chan...
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Amour
This three-part movie begins with a young woman married to an older, cold-hearted man in the year 12...
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Den dobbelte mand
Christian is a nice man climbing the career ladder. His brother Mikael, on the other hand, is a pett...
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I morgen, min elskede
About five young people and their complicated love affairs. Isabel, the diplomat's daughter, is trai...
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The Experiment
THE EXPERIMENT is the story of the nurse Gert, who is appointed as headmistress of a special childre...
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Vitello
Vitello is brimming with energy and has good friends in Max and Hasse, but misses having a father in...
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Selvmordsskolen
Bizarre satiric tale about an ordinary Danish man disappointed in life and the welfare system. Close...
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The Olsen Gang: Forever!
In 50 years anniversary of the first film about The Olsen Gang appeared in Danish cinemas. The film ...
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I Stykker
Open marriages, friends and lovers, secrets and lies are all coming to light after a fatal accident ...
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Den store kul-tur
What does a desperate mayor of culture do when he is handed a stack of millions with instructions to...
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I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now
In this rom-com Sam is having problems with both his professional life and his marriage. His career ...
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