A foreign criminal gang makes a large-scale bank coup. The suspicion falls on the Olsen Gang. They escape, take up the hunt for the real criminals and thus it all starts. The police are looking for the Olsen Gang, and they are looking for the real criminals.

The norwegian Montreux contribution of 1979. Norwegians ridiculing themselves, with the help from John Cleese.

Pakistani Ali Reza is found dead under a bridge, with a stab wound in the back. He was last observed boarding a bus the night before.

There is an ongoing war, food, hunger, and longing are central to the times. A pig plays an important part in carpenter Herbert's life, and so does a prudish Miss Jansen. Based on a short story by Arthur Omre.