Morten Grunwald Movies

Emotionally devastated after accidentally causing the death of an obnoxious drunk, an unscrupulous real estate agent wrestles with the remorse of killing a beloved father and husband as his life begins to unravel to reveal an entire history of regret. Real estate agent Ulrick Nymann (Lars Brygmann) isn't known for his honesty, though his lack of morals have no doubt played a huge part in his success. One night, while celebrating a recent condo sale in a flashy upscale nightclub, Ulrick convinces his friends to duck out in favor of a quiet dive bar. Once there, the contemptuous Ulrick clashes with a loud mouth drunk, with the war of works quickly turning physical. When the drunk suffers a fatal fall, Ulrick is sent to the slammer overnight. Quickly released thanks to the efforts of his lawyer brother (Nicolas Bro) and their powerful but estranged father (Morten Grunwald), Ulrick returns to his materialistic wife Camilla (Anne Sophie Byder) and goes back to work for his unethical boss. The problem is, the death seems to have a greater impact on Ulrick than anyone, including himself, expected. In the following weeks Ulrick attempts to make amends for his transgression by getting closer with the man's grieving family. As a result, however, he drifts ever further away from his own wife and their haughty circle of friends. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

This plodding, depressing drama concerns the 19th-century painters who were collectively know as the Skaw (or Skagen) Colony. The group rejected the Impressionist style of painting, opting for the realism of natural light and using the lives of the poor fishing villagers as their inspiration. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

This detective story models its hero and complex plot on the private eyes made famous in the early 1930s by authors Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler: Sam Spade of The Maltese Falcon and Philip Marlowe. "The Reporter" (Michael Falch) is also tall, tough womanizer, and a loner with his own personal crusade to clean up a red light district in Copenhagen. After a part-time jazz pianist is murdered, the Reporter has evidence against the culprit in the form of a tape the murderer made with the pianist. Life gets complicated because the police are soon after him. Even though a bookstore owner generously gives the Reporter a handgun, the question is whether his hard-boiled character and sharp thinking will actually win out in the end, gun or no gun. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

The final film in the original series of 13 Danish comedy-capers, Olsen Banden Over Alle Bjerge was a direct sequel to Olsen Bandens Flugt Over Plankeværket and maintains the same high level of comedic farce and zany satire that distinguished its predecessors. The gigantic insurance company "High Northern" (the series was of course produced by Great Northern!) is again the target of the three swindlers, who this time travel all the way to Paris to get the goods on master-villain Bang-Johansen (Bjøern Watt-Boolsen). Although the series thus ended on a high note, this film proved a sad farewell to Kirsten Walther), whose ditzy Yvonne had become synonymous with "Olsen Gang" humor. The incomparable redhead, whose heartfelt bits of nonsense never failed to evoke sidesplitting laughter, died in 1987. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

The entire nation of Denmark is in danger from a takeover bid in this the 11th instalment in the popular comedy series about three bungling safecrackers. The chase goes all the way to the E.U.'s headquarters in Brussels, but the comedy remains very Danish and is one of the best entries in the series. Dingbat Yvonne (Kirsten Walther) offers her usual dimwit bon mots, pudgy Keld (Poul Bundgaard) still fears his wife's wrath, lanky Benny (Morten Grunwald) remains the optimist even in the face of the utmost adversity, and Egon (Ove Sprogøe), the hard-proven leader of the plan, regularly loses his cool. But together they manage to save the nation from the machinations of evil multinational company High Northern. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

The perennial Danish comedy favorites of the 1970s, the Olsen Gang, undertakes another adventure in Olsenbanden Gaar I Krig. In the story, Egon, Benny and Kjeld discover that the entire country of Denmark is slated by the Common Market to serve as a theme park resembling Disneyland, named "Daisyland" (after Queen Margrethe's nickname). The citizenry of Denmark will become waiters, guides, and so on, for the sensation-seeking tourists of the rest of Europe. Naturally, the gang wants a cut of the action until their own patriotism surfaces,overcoming their avarice and surprising them a bit. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

A man with a failing heart suffers from prolonged indecision about whether to accept a heart transplant. Once he does, he becomes obsessed with discovering the nature of the man whose heart he now carries. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

The Olsens, a popular Danish crime/comedy trio, reappear in this engaging slapstick comedy. Egon is asked by a company director to open the company's safe. Things don't turn out exactly as planned, and the trio find themselves chasing and being chased in a scheme involving diamonds and laundered money deals. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

The Olsen gang ventures far afield in this the third instalment in the popular caper comedy series about three bungling safecrackers. With dingbat Yvonne (Kirsten Walter) in tow, Egon (Ove Sprogøe), Benny (Morten Grunwald), and Keld (Poul Bundgaard) head to the province where they assume the local village idiots will be easy prey. There is a subplot about stolen gold bullions hidden in old Nazi bunkers, but the comedy's finest moments are provided by Yvonne, who blithely assumes she is in a foreign country and cannot understand where the duty-free shops are. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

The very first film in this enduring series of Danish caper-comedies, Olsenbanden did little more than introduce the cast of characters: Egon Olsen (Ove Sprogøe), the brains behind the alternately brilliant or completely off-the-wall get-rich-quick schemes; Benny (Morten Grunwald), the energetic but addle-brained younger member of the team; and Kjeld (Poul Bungaard), the grown-up little fat boy, whose fear of wife Yvonne (Kirsten Walther) is always a threat to even the best-laid plans. And, of course, Yvonne herself: A lovable ding-bat whose entire life seems to be a never-ending preparation for a holiday in Spain. "Are we millionaires now," she often inquires, usually right before the police once again drag poor Egon off to the slammer. The characters weren't quite as well-defined this first time out but proved a potential that would ultimately lead to a legendary box-office sensation. In time, the "Olsen Gang" films would be re-made nearly scene for scene in both Norway and Sweden, and dubbed versions of the original anarchic Danish comedies would break all-time attendance records in, of all places, the communist governed German Democratic Republic. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

Morten Grunwald and Judy Gringer star in this Danish crime comedy written and directed by Sven Methling. Pretty-Boy uses a film crew to stage the robbery of 2 million dollars in U.S. currency that is hopelessly tangled in red tape by the government of Denmark. This is the sequel to the 1965 film Five Men And Rosa. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide