Morten Grunwald
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).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.5936 |
| Birthday | 1934-12-09 |
| Place of Birth | Odense, Denmark |
| Also Known As | Walter Morten Grunwald, |
1968
The Olsen Gang
7/63
The first of 14 Olsen Gang films presents us with Egon Olsen, head of the gang, and his friends Benny and Kjeld, who want to become the best known gan...
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The Olsen Gang
1971
The Olsen Gang in Jutland
7/57
The Olsen gang in Jutland. Ones again Egon Olsen has a plan when he gets out of Vridslose State Prison. He has found out that the Germans left a large...
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The Olsen Gang in Jutland
1975
The Olsen Gang on the Track
7.3/56
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. W...
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The Olsen Gang on the Track
1976
The Olsen Gang Sees Red
7.4/60
Egon and the gang are hired to stage a robbery of an antique Chinese vase for an economically challenged baron. Naturally they fooled, which infuriate...
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The Olsen Gang Sees Red
1968
Days in My Father's House
7/1
After twelve years in the US, Kirsten returns home to her father with her American husband and their eleven-year-old son. Her father is a tough and co...
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Days in My Father's House
1967
Martha
6.9/18
The oldest ship in the fleet, Martha, and her jolly crew, must race Harald and win, or it's the scrappers next.
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Martha
1969
The Olsen Gang in a Fix
6.6/56
A good looking female social welfare worker makes Egon Olsen forget about crimes for some time, but when an American gangster breaks into a local bank...
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The Olsen Gang in a Fix
1998
The Olsen Gang's Last Trick
5.875/44
Egon escapes from the psychiatric ward, where he has been incarcerated since the gang's last coup. Keld and Benny pick him up, and when Egon, as alway...
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The Olsen Gang's Last Trick
1974
The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang
7.125/56
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 ope...
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The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang
1978
The Olsen Gang Goes to War
6.9/55
Some criminal EU ministers plan to turn Denmark into a gigantic fair ground and holiday paradise. Egon gets his hand at some important documents which...
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The Olsen Gang Goes to War
1977
The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
7.1/49
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, K...
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The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
1979
The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
6.804/51
Egon plans to exploit knowledge gained during his latest term of incarceration. By stealing the unmanipulated financial records of DanInvest he obtain...
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The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
1965
Strike First Freddy
6/19
Frede Hansen, a game salesman, is mistaken for a secret service agent on a ferry and kidnapped by enemy agents. He escapes and now the secret service...
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Strike First Freddy
1966
Relax Freddy
6.4/18
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 Danis...
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Relax Freddy
1973
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
6.9/58
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...
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The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
1972
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
6.8/61
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 l...
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The Olsen Gang's Big Score
1981
The Olsen Gang Long Gone
6.552/48
Criminal genius Egon Olsen presents his accomplices Benny and Keld with yet another infallible plan that can only end badly. The booty is a red suitca...
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The Olsen Gang Long Gone
1981
The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence
6.969/49
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, howev...
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The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence
2007
White Night
4.6/13
A psychological drama about Ulrich, a workaholic whose life takes a drastic turn when he is involved in a fatal accident. As his guilt grows, his life...
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White Night
2007
The Black Madonna
4.88/25
When Maria's father sends her a valuable icon that he stole, she must decide whether to collect the reward or protect her father.
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The Black Madonna
1965
Landmandsliv
6/5
The landowner couple Von Rambow are experiencing significant financial difficulties and are therefore forced to leave their residence and their happy...
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Landmandsliv
1969
The Egborg Girl
6.833/6
If your name is Kaj Jensen and you live on Frederiksborggade, there is a certain likelihood that you will be confused with Kaj Jensen on Fredriksbergg...
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The Egborg Girl
1965
Een pige og 39 sømænd
6.3/9
This festive comedy has a theme song that was incredibly popular in its day – but which is missing a verse! The penultimate verse ends as follows: ".....
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Een pige og 39 sømænd
1964
Five men and Rosa
5.667/6
In a hospital's five-bed room—room number 13—there are five very different men with very different backgrounds: District Court Judge Winther, fashion...
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Five men and Rosa
1967
Life with Daddy
6.375/8
Herbert and Bitten live in a lovely house, happily married with two children. Herbert is a teacher at a secondary school, and he writes poetry in his...
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Life with Daddy
1967
Pretty-Arne and Rosa
5.917/6
Denmark, 1967. In the midst of a cultural renaissance, all cultured people want to support Danish cinema, especially when it receives funding from the...
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Pretty-Arne and Rosa
1987
Hip Hip Hurrah!
4.7/10
The life and times of the Scandinavian artists' colony who lived in Skagen on the Danish coast during the 1890s. Not so much a biographical account, r...
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Hip Hip Hurrah!
1963
En af dagene
0/0
Depiction of ordinary everyday life. The action takes place in an office, with the characters Tom, Norman, and Carl as the focal points.
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En af dagene
1986
The Wolf at the Door
5.3/14
Chronicling a period of time in Paul Gauguin's life, this film follows him through his struggles in love and the financial problems caused by the inab...
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The Wolf at the Door
1968
Det var en lørdag aften
7/3
One Saturday evening, Trine prepares dinner for her boyfriend Hans. Unfortunately, Hans is delayed, as on his way between Frihavnen and Valby, he enco...
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Det var en lørdag aften
1966
Dyden går amok
4.833/6
Hidden among the dunes on the west coast of Jutland lies HU, where fishermen struggle to earn a living. The hard and dangerous work combines HU's smal...
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Dyden går amok
2006
Gambler
6.7/11
A humorous documentary about Nicolas Winding Refn and his struggle to secure his family financially and help him get on with his life. Forced to file...
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Gambler
1971
Pelsen
9/1
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Pelsen
1968
I den grønne skov
9/2
"Modern vaudeville," where the entire story takes place at Dyrehavsbakken. In an impressionistic style, it tells the story of the waiter Mowitz, who p...
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I den grønne skov
1966
Nu stiger den
5/6
A folk comedy loosely based on the career of Danish inventor and aviation pioneer Jacob Christian Ellehammer. We follow Ellehammer, his loyal assistan...
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Nu stiger den
1964
Death Comes at High Noon
7.6/5
A dark evening, a crime writer Peter Sander, drives through a forest when his car runs out of petrol . A little distance from the road there is a hous...
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Death Comes at High Noon
1963
Hvad med os?
7/4
Martin has just returned home from Africa and meets Lis at an anti-nuclear demonstration. They begin a relationship, but it is disrupted by his memori...
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Hvad med os?
1967
Det er ikke appelsiner - det er heste
7.25/4
In inner Copenhagen, in the real old town, in greengrocer Mortensen's property right under Tagskægget, live three good friends: painter Richard Hansen...
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Det er ikke appelsiner - det er heste
1965
En ven i bolignøden
6.9/5
Among the residents of the boarding house on Fredhvilevej are Børge Blom, a civil servant, the feisty Nelly Smith, and taxi driver Ib Nielsen. Because...
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En ven i bolignøden
1961
Jetpiloter
5.4/5
Two brothers, Ras and Jan, have always been together during the long training to become jet pilots in the Danish Airforce. They both join squadron 79...
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Jetpiloter
1976
Kassen stemmer
5.429/7
Three young men discover a scam that three somewhat older gentlemen from Aarhus' upper class have set up to avoid bankruptcy. The gentlemen directors...
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Kassen stemmer
1969
Along Came a Soldier
4.667/6
A soldier seeks justice against a group of men who murdered a prostitute.
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Along Came a Soldier
1961
Løgn og løvebrøl
6.25/4
An unsuccessful animal impersonator wants publicity and feeds an overly eager journalist a story. The impersonator says he is going to Africa to roar...
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Løgn og løvebrøl
1986
Murder in the Dark
6.143/7
A womanizing journalist is on the outs with the cops who want him in jail and a mysterious "thin man" who wants him dead.
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Murder in the Dark
1975
Only the Truth
7/3
A woman, Ilse Brehmer, finds the body of a dead man, a journalist. He has been murdered, and later when the body turns up in the harbor, the woman den...
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Only the Truth
1976
Hjerter er trumf
6.667/3
Drama about a man in his thirties who experiences an identity crisis after receiving a heart transplant. He seeks out the donor's widow without explai...
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Hjerter er trumf
2007
When a Man Comes Home
4.895/43
A small provincial town is buzzing with excitement: the town´s most illustrious son, a world-famous opera singer, is coming home. Meanwhile, Sebastian...
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When a Man Comes Home
1988
Murder in Paradise
5.75/4
The nameless journalist from Murder in the Dark receives two shocks in quick succession. First, his good friend Kurt is murdered, and then his editor-...
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Murder in Paradise
2014
Silent Heart
6.6/47
Three generations of a family gather over a weekend. The sisters Sanne and Heidi have accepted their terminally-ill mother’s desire to die before her...
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Silent Heart
1977
Asger Jorn
0/0
Portrait about the legendary abstract painter Asger Jorn told by painter and poet Per Kirkeby.
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Asger Jorn
1986
Ballerup Boulevard
7/2
A film about one fourteen year old girl whose happy life ends when the family's economic status changes at the family firm crashes and her mother who...
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Ballerup Boulevard
1970
Amour
5/4
This three-part movie begins with a young woman married to an older, cold-hearted man in the year 1200. Two rivals have a swordfight over the affectio...
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Amour
1976
Den dobbelte mand
9/2
Christian is a nice man climbing the career ladder. His brother Mikael, on the other hand, is a petty criminal who hustles his way through life as bes...
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Den dobbelte mand
1971
I morgen, min elskede
6/4
About five young people and their complicated love affairs. Isabel, the diplomat's daughter, is training to be an actress, Marca is a ballet dancer, M...
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I morgen, min elskede
2010
The Experiment
4.2/11
THE EXPERIMENT is the story of the nurse Gert, who is appointed as headmistress of a special children's home, owned by the Danish state in Greenland,...
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The Experiment
2015
Historien om Olsen Banden
0/0
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Historien om Olsen Banden
2018
Vitello
6/2
Vitello is brimming with energy and has good friends in Max and Hasse, but misses having a father in his life, so he decides to go off in search of on...
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Vitello
1964
Selvmordsskolen
7.833/6
Bizarre satiric tale about an ordinary Danish man disappointed in life and the welfare system. Close to a total collapse he decides to take the easy w...
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Selvmordsskolen
2018
The Olsen Gang: Forever!
8/1
In 50 years anniversary of the first film about The Olsen Gang appeared in Danish cinemas. The film series and its beloved characters are described in...
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The Olsen Gang: Forever!
1966
I Stykker
0/0
Open marriages, friends and lovers, secrets and lies are all coming to light after a fatal accident during a party. Was it murder? Early Leif Panduro...
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I Stykker
1996
Den store kul-tur
7/1
What does a desperate mayor of culture do when he is handed a stack of millions with instructions to make it a success? What does a cultural city cons...
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Den store kul-tur
1998
I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now
5.5/4
In this rom-com Sam is having problems with both his professional life and his marriage. His career as a film director has dried up, while at home he'...
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I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now
1976
Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde
6/1
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Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde
1971
En mand
0/0
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En mand
1968
Friends at Arms: On a Bear Run
5.2/8
The German bear Fido from Münich is sweet, easygoing and nice, and just loves Danish soldiers. Thus, the bear marches together with the recruits and e...
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