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#1 - The old man is always right
Season 14 Episode 2
Aired 11/5/1977
Egon buys a Citroên 1939 using the money he and Karla had saved up, but Karla already bought a new washing machine for the money. To make matters worse, the car isn't exactly in pristine condition, despite the dealer proving Egon with roadworthiness certificate.
Director: Tom Hedegaard
Writer: Finn Karlsson
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#2 - Chez Emma
Season 4 Episode 1
Aired 1/22/1972
Rottehullet is under new management and has many new customers, but what about the regulars?
Director: Erik Balling
Writer: Benny Andersen
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#3 - The sorcerer's apprentices
Season 5 Episode 1
Aired 11/11/1972
The customs department pay a visit to Rottehullet, forcing the owner Emma, to increase the price of beer and demand cash payment. This greatly upsets her regulars, who decide that it would be cheaper, if they brew their own beer and spirits.
Director: Tom Hedegaard
Writer: Erik Balling, Henning Bahs
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#4 - The price of love
Season 10 Episode 4
Aired 4/26/1975
Meyer is in love with the graceful and well dressed Mrs. Holmberg and spends a lot of money on meeting her lifestyle. The new couple is enjoying an expensive dinner at Rottehullet, when a strange man named Freddy shows up and claims to be Mrs. Holmberg's fiancée.
Director: Erik Balling
Writer: Henning Bahs, Vibeke Steinthal
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#5 - New Year's Eve
Season 2 Episode 6
Aired 12/31/1970
Olsen's New Year's Eve is almost spoiled due to various issues and conflicts with his fellow tenants.
Director: Erik Balling
Writer: Knud Poulsen
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#6 - Honesty is still the best policy
Season 6 Episode 1
Aired 2/24/1973
Larsen, thanks to the help of Mr. Olsen and Mrs. Olsen, Clausen, and Tue, narrowly avoids being arrested after a failed attempt of breaking into a safe at an insurance company. To pay them back for their help, he promises to turn over a new leaf, but that may be easier said than done.
Director: Erik Balling
Writer: Leif Panduro
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#7 - You know what you got
Season 9 Episode 1
Aired 10/19/1974
The buildings supervisor Meyer has after many years of fateful service, decided that the time has come to enjoy his retirement.
Director: Erik Balling
Writer: Jens Louis Petersen
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#8 - Karla's banquet
Season 9 Episode 2
Aired 10/26/1974
Karla and Egon are hosting Egon's boss for dinner. The hope is that he will be so impressed with the dinner, that Egon will be promoted to senior assistant and thus elevated into the illustrious 28th. pay grade.
Director: Erik Balling
Writer: Karen Smith
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#9 - We are moving
Season 3 Episode 2
Aired 11/27/1971
Olsen decides to move to the country side when he finds out that the house at Christianshavn needs more then just a loving hand from carpenters and masons.
Director: Tom Hedegaard
Writer: Benny Andersen
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#10 - To wake the dead
Season 8 Episode 5
Aired 5/4/1974
The missionary needs money to help people in need, mostly himself. Therefore, the neighbourhood is called to a meeting at Rottehullet.
Director: Tom Hedegaard
Writer: Paul Hammerichs
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#11 - Don't talk about Harald
Season 9 Episode 5
Aired 12/14/1974
The house on Christianshavn is getting a visit from Harald Jensen, an acquaintance of Larsen from the old days, who decides to move in with his old friend.
Director: Erik Balling
Writer: Henning Bahs
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#12 - Contraband
Season 5 Episode 5
Aired 12/9/1972
Olsen unwittingly gets involved in a crime when he uses the company's moving van to make a little extra money.
Director: Tom Hedegaard
Writer: Erik Balling, Henning Bahs
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#13 - Operation Mallorca
Season 6 Episode 3
Aired 3/10/1973
Mrs. Olsen has three cancellation tickets on hand for Mallorca and she wants the other women of the house to join her, but how do the men feel about their wives going on holiday without them?
Director: Erik Balling
Writer: Karen Smith
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#14 - Children of summer and sunshine
Season 10 Episode 3
Aired 4/19/1975
Clausen, being an old scout, has received the honour of substituting for the local scouts troop leader and Olsen has won a tent in the scouts' lottery. The two set off to test out the tent and their skills on the embankment, well laden with drinks.
Director: Erik Balling
Writer: Henning Bahs, Lise Sandager
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#15 - You are so lovely
Season 6 Episode 6
Aired 3/31/1973
It's spring and Meyer has cast his gaze on Emma.
Director: Erik Balling
Writer: Paul Hammerichs
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#16 - A stranger moves in
Season 7 Episode 1
Aired 7/29/1973
A new tenant is moving in, it's the photographer Bo, who knows how to make people work for him.
Director: Tom Hedegaard
Writer: Paul Hammerichs
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#17 - In the interest of a monitor lizard
Season 8 Episode 4
Aired 4/27/1974
A feminist named Tippe comes to the house at Christianshavn, and thanks to her, the wives begin to open their eyes to new things. This results in Mrs. Clausen wanting a divorce, and she is taking the monitor lizard with her.
Director: Tom Hedegaard
Writer: Lise Nørgaard
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#18 - A womans place and Olsens
Season 9 Episode 6
Aired 12/21/1974
Following an argument with her husband, Mrs. Olsen decides to get a job as a bus driver to make a little extra money, something her husband finds very upsetting.
Director: Erik Balling
Writer: Lise Nørgaard
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#19 - The state of genius
Season 10 Episode 6
Aired 5/10/1975
The result of a nationwide survey shows that Olsen's son Willian, is one of the country's most gifted children.
Director: Erik Balling
Writer: Henning Bahs, Gilbert M. Jensen
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#20 - The day after the day after that
Season 12 Episode 2
Aired 5/8/1976
After a wild night of partying and drinking, in the midst of the worst handover of their lives, the residents of the house at Christianshavn decide to abstain from alcohol.
Director: Erik Balling
Writer: Henning Bahs
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#21 - When nature calls
Season 13 Episode 6
Aired 12/31/1976
Karla and Egon are spending the vinter in Mallorca while the rest of the house's tenants decide to spend the vinter at a cottage.
Director: Tom Hedegaard
Writer: Lise Nørgaard
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#22 - A matter of honour
Season 14 Episode 1
Aired 10/22/1977
Gambling debt is a matter of honour, and unfortunately for Mrs. Hammerstedt, her deceased spouse managed to accrue a lot of it. The house rallies behind her and hatch a plan for how she can get the money back.
Director: Tom Hedegaard
Writer: Jens Louis Petersen
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#23 - Aquarius
Season 3 Episode 1
Aired 11/20/1971
The house is without water much to the dismay of the tenant. While the men find a new water supply at Rottehullet, the city has a plan to solve the water crisis.
Director: Tom Hedegaard
Writer: Paul Hammerichs
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#24 - The fine arts
Season 8 Episode 6
Aired 5/11/1974
The tenants of the house at Christianshavn have come to the realisation that paintings are best financial investment.
Director: Tom Hedegaard
Writer: Henning Bahs
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#25 - Short lived joy
Season 10 Episode 2
Aired 4/12/1975
Egon, being very interested in international relations, is studying French and ends up falling in love with his teacher, or maybe the teacher made him interested in those relations to begin with. After having a fight, Karla kicks him out and he ends up staying with Emma in the backroom at Rottehullet.
Director: Erik Balling
Writer: Paul Hammerichs
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Best Episodes Summary
"The old man is always right" is the best rated episode of "The House at Christianshavn". It scored 8.1/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by Tom Hedegaard and written by Finn Karlsson, it aired on 11/5/1977. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Chez Emma".