Olsen-banden Junior

Olsen-banden Junior 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. The film is also a sequel to the Christmas calendar Olsen-bandens første kup from 1999. The film premiered on December 14, 2001. The film was a moderate success compared to the original series and the Swedish and Norwegian equivalents. The film later received a novelization of the same name.

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.

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. It premiered on television on April 2, 2003. After the film there were more Junior installments in the Olsen-banden franchise and the next films are animated.