Den store gavtyv (1956)

Original title

Den store gav-tyv

Directed by

Johan Jacobsen

Genre

comedy film, crime film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

A

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A crime writer stays at a hotel that was once a thief's hideout. When he falls asleep, the thief reads his stories and starts committing the same fictional crimes. The writer gets blamed for them.

light-heartedwittyplayfulsillyupbeatwhimsicallively

What happens

Den store gavtyv is a 1956 Danish comedy film directed by Johan Jacobsen and starring Dirch Passer and Ole Monty. In this 94-minute film, crime writer Rodian checks into a hotel that used to be the hideout for the thief Mathisen and his gang. When Rodian falls asleep, Mathisen reads his manuscripts and copies the fictional crimes, landing Rodian in trouble. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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