Jonssonligan

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Countries in which the Jönsson gang took place.

Jönssonligan , the Jönsson gang, is a criminal trio in a Swedish film series . The gang usually carries out their deeds in Stockholm , but also in Mallorca or Poland . The films are Swedish remakes or in-house developments based on the model of the legendary Danish Olsen Gang .

In 2015 one had Reboot the films premiere, Jönssonligan - The perfekta stöten . This film is made more realistic and darker than the original series, inspired by heist movies like Ocean's Eleven .

Movie title

Film no. title Year of production Director Based on
1 Varning for Jönssonligan 1981 Jonas Cornell The (presumably) last prank of the Olsen Gang (Danish Part 6) and The Olsen Gang never surrenders (11)
2 Jönssonligan & Dynamite Harry 1982 Mikael Ekman The Olsen Gang is running amok (5)
3 Jönssonligan for guldfeber 1984 Mikael Ekman The Olsen Gang climbs on the roof (10) and The Olsen Gang and their big coup (4)
4th Jönssonligan dyker lush 1986 Mikael Ekman Original Swedish script
5 Jönssonligan on Mallorca 1989 Mikael Ekman Original Swedish script
6th Jönssonligan & the svarta diamonds 1992 Hans Åke Gabrielsson Original Swedish script, with elements from The Olsen Gang (1)
7th Jönssonligans största kupp 1994 Hans Åke Gabrielsson Original Swedish script, with elements from Die Olsenbande strikes again (9) and Die Olsenbande flies over the plank (12)
8th Jönssonligan spelar högt 2000 Tomas Ryberger Original Swedish script, with elements from The Olsen Gang sees red (8)

Plot and characters

The gang members here are Charles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson ( Gösta Ekman junior ), Ragnar Vanheden ( Ulf Brunnberg ) and Rocky ( Nils Brandt ). Just like in the Olsen Gang, a dynamite Harry appears from the second film, here as Ragnar Vanheden's cousin , who was played by Björn Gustafson .

The arch enemy of the Jönsson gang is the opaque businessman Morgan Rockefeller Wall-Enberg Jr. whose name is a reference to JP Morgan , the Rockefellers and the Swedish Wallenberg dynasty . He also has a willing helper by the name of Biffen, who corresponds to the stupid pig ( Bøffen in Danish ) in the Olsen gang. As in the Olsen Gang, the attack target is a Franz Jäger safe that can only be opened by an expert with the correct combination of digits.

The Jönsson Gang was originally created just like its model, the Olsen Gang. Charles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson corresponded to Egon Olsen, Ragnar Vanheden to Benny Frandsen and Rocky to Kjeld Jensen; his wife Ejvor played Yvonne. Rocky and Ejvor also had a son, Bill, who, like his Danish counterpart Børge, supported the gang. Since some actors apparently did not become series stars or did not want to continue acting, Rocky was only seen in the first two films, his wife Eivor (who was played by Siw Malmkvist ) and their son only in the first part. The exit of the wife and child took place in silence, and when Rocky's disappearance it was only noted that he had emigrated to Finland. His position in the Jönsson gang, including the midwifery bag, was taken over by Dynamit-Harry from the third film onwards, and his girlfriend Doris then filled the role of the female counterpart. After the fifth film, the main actor Gösta Ekman junior left to take on the role of Commissioner Martin Beck , so that three films were made without him. In order to be able to make more films, the gang got a new boss in the next two productions Jönssonligan & den svarta diamanten and Jönssonligans största kupp with Peter Haber as Dr. MA Busé, an allusion to Dr. Mabuse . The old boss Charles Ingvar is now permanently in psychiatry , Dr. MA Busé implements his plans. In the penultimate film Jönssonligans största kupp a newly introduced person (Herman Melvin, played by Stellan Skarsgård ) takes on the role of the boss. In the last film of the senior gang Jönssonligan spelar Högt , the brother of Charles Ingvar "Sickan", Sven-Ingvar "Sivan" Jönsson, played by Johan Ulveson , appears as the new boss .

background

The films of the Jönsson Gang were not produced with the same continuity as their models in Denmark and Norway , where remakes of the Danish originals were made. The eight films were directed by a total of four different directors - including four times Gösta Ekman's brother Mikael. Even if the characters of the actors of the Jönsson Gang - in contrast to the Norwegian versions, where the original scripts from Denmark were used - differ significantly from the Danish original, many stylistic devices and storylines are similar. Sometimes even passages without visible people were taken over directly, for example a break-in with the help of a Lego robot as in the Danish film 11 The Olsen Gang never surrenders . Although the Danish and Norwegian versions of the Olsen Gang (sometimes with subtitles) ran consistently in Sweden, they did not bring the hoped-for success. In the opinion of the author Hauke ​​Lange-Fuchs in the book I have a plan , the main reason for the failure of the films is that Danish or Norwegian humor is difficult to export, as well as their increased use of national symbols , e.g. B. the national flag and the royal family , the strong connection to Copenhagen or Oslo etc. Therefore, spurred on by the great success of the Norwegian Olsen versions in Norway by Knut Bohwim , the decision was made to make an independent Swedish remake based on the knitting pattern of the Olsen Gang. The national symbols and the names of the protagonists were "Swedishized". This concept, equipped with Swedish humor , finally brought the desired success in Sweden.

Film music

For Jönsson band was from Ragnar flu , like the Olsen Gang with Bent Fabric a characteristic soundtrack created as varying catchy and all Jönssen (the Swedish Junior gang incl.) Films used.

The little gang

As a new idea, the Lilla Jönssonligan (Little Jönsson Gang) was shot in Sweden in the mid-1990s with children who have characters similar to the Swedish adult characters. In contrast to the actual Jönssonligan films, the first two junior films have also been dubbed in German so far. Later, Denmark and Norway followed this example and created their own “youth versions” of the Olsen Gang . After the remake of the first Danish Olsen Gang Junior , other independent Norwegian Olsen Gang Youth continuations (2003-2010) were created in Norway without corresponding templates.

title Year of production Director
The Jönsson gang and the cornflake
robbery Lilla Jönssonligan och cornflakeskuppen
1996 Christjan Wegner
The Jönsson gang - Charles-Ingvar's new plan
Lilla Jönssonligan på styva linan
1997 Christjan Wegner
Lilla Jönssonligan på kollo 2004 Christjan Wegner
Lilla Jönssonligan och stjärnkuppen 2006 David Berron

literature

  • Hauke ​​Lange-Fuchs: “I have a plan!” Lübeck 1997, ISBN 3924214484 .

Web links

Footnotes

  1. Literature Hauke ​​Lange-Fuchs: “I have a plan!” Lübeck 1997, ISBN 3924214484