Two idiots, one lost pigeon bet, a diamond heist — what could go wrong? EVERYTHING.
Farcial action fun with Bertil and Hugo, who do menial jobs at a big city hotel. Bertil is about to marry and has put money aside for his bride's morning gift. Only Hugo has kind of borrowed the money and blown it all on a wrong bet in a pigeon race. Together, they obviously have to get rich quick. When a diamond seems to be lying around for the taking, the hotel is virtually on its head.
Acting
Mek Pek and Allan Olsen's desperate buddy chemistry.
Direction
Lorentzen keeps 76 minutes tightly wound like a cheap alarm clock.
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI physical comedy in cramped hotel corridors.
Director
Morten Lorentzen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This captures peak 1990s Danish comedy — low-budget, high-energy, and deeply suspicious of authority figures like Don Fefe.
Trine Dyrholm would become one of Denmark's most acclaimed dramatic actresses — making her early comic turn here a fascinating contrast.
DK
