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994:Panserbasse
987:Snushanerne
372:Svend Bille
350:as Kristian
342:Agnes Rehni
312:Ove Sprogøe
290:Ole Neumann
245:comic strip
86:Produced by
50:Directed by
1485:1953 films
1479:Categories
1281:Mosekongen
851:References
389:Production
366:Einar Juhl
362:as himself
332:as Burglar
330:Paul Hagen
176:1953-11-02
75:Lis Byrdal
69:Written by
1239:Hr. Petit
973:Kidnapped
395:Politiken
368:as Pastor
324:Ib Mossin
136:Edited by
1344:Arvingen
980:Week-end
917:AllMovie
870:Archived
338:as Grete
326:as Peter
205:Language
144:Music by
107:Starring
409:Sequels
200:Denmark
197:Country
192:97 min.
174: (
468:Notes
264:2000s.
229:Danish
221:Danish
208:Danish
1029:Alarm
462:Title
896:IMDb
830:2020
811:2018
789:2017
770:2015
748:2014
729:2012
710:2011
691:2010
672:2008
653:2006
631:2005
609:1971
590:1961
571:1959
552:1958
533:1957
514:1956
495:1955
473:1954
459:Year
255:Cast
239:and
915:at
894:at
453:).
280:Mie
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223::
945:e
938:t
931:v
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