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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).

Mogens Vemmer is one of the most respected men of Danish television. After working for Danmarks Radio since 1961 he became head of the children and youth department in 1968, a position he held until 2000. In that period he helped establish DR and Denmark's reputation as a leader in entertaining and educational television for children. Besides from having an overall responsibility for the productions of that period he has several credits for his work before and after that time, including the feature Gade uden ende (1963) for which he won the prestigious Bodil Award for Best Film.