Axel Strøbye
Strøbye was most famous for his comedy roles, as the confused uncle in Min søsters børn (My sisters Children) and the hustler Gyldenkål in Familien Gyldenkål (The Goldcabbage Family).
But his biggest role and success was in Matador the TV series a lawyer Skjold Hansen, he started his acting career and education as an actor at Det Kongelige Teater (The Royal Danish theater), he also worked at Folketeatret (The peoples theater).
Strøbye made his movie debut in Nåler 1951 and his last role was in 1998, as the aging inspector in the legendary Olsen Banden movies.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 8.152 |
| Birthday | 1928-02-22 |
| Place of Birth | Frederiksberg, Danmark |
| Also Known As | Axel Strøby Jacobsen, |
1987
Pelle the Conqueror
7.3/141
In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a fa...
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Pelle the Conqueror
1983
Otto Is a Rhino
6.8/8
The boy Topper is bored. He finds a pencil that proves to have magical powers. Draw a rhino, and right away, you have a real rhino for a companion. A...
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Otto Is a Rhino
1975
The Olsen Gang on the Track
7.1/45
Egon and his two cronies managed to sneak a fortune with them to Spain. Here they live a life in a whirl of pleasures, but they are not truly happy. W...
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The Olsen Gang on the Track
1976
The Olsen Gang Sees Red
7.4/48
Egon and the gang are hired to stage a robbery of an antique Chinese vase for an economically challenged baron. Naturally they fooled, which infuriate...
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The Olsen Gang Sees Red
1974
The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang
7.2/48
The Olsen Gang has finally made it. They are in Mallorca, having fulfilled their dream. Almost, that is. They don't have any money, so Egon has to ope...
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The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang
1998
The Olsen Gang's Last Trick
5.9/38
Egon escapes from the psychiatric ward, where he has been incarcerated since the gang's last coup. Keld and Benny pick him up, and when Egon, as alway...
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The Olsen Gang's Last Trick
1978
The Olsen Gang Goes to War
6.9/47
Some criminal EU ministers plan to turn Denmark into a gigantic fair ground and holiday paradise. Egon gets his hand at some important documents which...
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The Olsen Gang Goes to War
1977
The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
7.1/42
Egon is starting to be a little forgetful; he forgot the zone number, so he fails to open the strongbox. When he gets out of Vridslose State Prison, K...
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The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
1979
The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
6.9/44
Egon plans to exploit knowledge gained during his latest term of incarceration. By stealing the unmanipulated financial records of DanInvest he obtain...
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The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
1976
The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank
4.8/4
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The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank
1964
Gertrud
7.223/146
Hopeless romantic Gertrud inhabits a turn-of-the-century milieu of artists and musicians, where she pursues an idealized notion of love that will alwa...
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Gertrud
1965
The Girl and the Playboy
7.1/9
A millionaire gets amnesia after a hit to the head and now he has to rediscover his past and decide what kind of man he wants to be in the future.
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The Girl and the Playboy
1985
The Chronic Innocence
5.2/6
For Janus his friend Tore is his big ideal: pretty, intelligent and self-confident. Janus is grateful for his friendship even though he is considered...
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The Chronic Innocence
1974
Me, Too, in the Mafia
5.5/4
Mafiaen, det er osse mig er en dansk komediefilm fra 1974 og en fortsættelse af Mig og Mafiaen. Filmen har manuskript af Lise Nørgaard og er instruere...
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Me, Too, in the Mafia
1969
Ta' lidt solskin
5.2/4
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Ta' lidt solskin
1973
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
6.8/51
When Egon Olsen gets out of Vridlose State Prision once again, his friends Benny and Kjeld do not want to know about his new ingenious plan: they are...
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The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
1981
The Olsen Gang Long Gone
6.8/41
Criminal genius Egon Olsen presents his accomplices Benny and Keld with yet another infallible plan that can only end badly. The booty is a red suitca...
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The Olsen Gang Long Gone
1981
The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence
7/41
As usual, Egon has an ingenious plan. And, as usual, it works just fine until one of the gang members makes some kind of funny error. This time, howev...
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The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence
1971
Kid Gang on the Go
6.1/5
The last day of school before the summer, held farewell to the school year. Hurray a long summer ahead. Rikke joined the feminist and is demonstrating...
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Kid Gang on the Go
1982
Kidnapning
5/4
Based on Bjarne Reuter's 1975 juvenile novel, even broader comedy strokes are employed in the film version, but bright spark Bertram is still at the c...
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Kidnapning
1965
Een pige og 39 sømænd
6/7
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Een pige og 39 sømænd
1966
Six Kids and Their Uncle
7/9
Erik Lund is a child psychologist and defend a doctoral thesis on the subject. His knowledge is at the very theoretical level, and he will be seriousl...
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Six Kids and Their Uncle
1967
Six Kids and the Honeymooners
5.9/7
Erik and Lisbeth are getting married and then honeymoon to Austria. When Mom and Dad need to have another baby, the four small decides to go on the ho...
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Six Kids and the Honeymooners
1965
Mor bag rattet
5.3/3
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Mor bag rattet
1963
Bussen
5.6/7
The protagonist is a jovial bus driver, well beloved by his passengers, essentially the whole community around him. The bus, however, is old, and need...
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Bussen
1976
Flaming Fire Chief
4.2/5
A festive crime comedy about a confused innkeeper who involuntarily finds himself becoming entangled in a larger crime-affair where the villains have...
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Flaming Fire Chief
1961
Den grønne elevator
4.7/5
Hans og Mona beslutter at give deres respektive ægtefælder lidt at tænke over, ved at blive fundet i en kompromitterende situation under en fælles fer...
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Den grønne elevator
1967
Love Thy Neighbour
4.4/7
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Love Thy Neighbour
1962
Han, hun, Dirch og Dario
5.8/10
Director Paul Borg (Ebbe Langberg) neglects his young, beautiful wife Marianne (Ghita Nørby). He even forget their wedding day, in favor of a new fast...
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Han, hun, Dirch og Dario
1954
I kongens klæ'r
6.6/6
Kjeld Petersen plays a merchant who has stolen his clothes when he is out take a dip in the Sound. He stopped by the police, and they find a call to m...
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I kongens klæ'r
1963
A Day Without Lies
4.3/6
A Day Without Lies
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A Day Without Lies
1973
Fætrene på Torndal
4.4/6
Werner (William Rosenberg) is an inspector for group of farmes called Digeskov. Left alone by Digeskovs owner, Werner is tricking small neighboring fa...
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Fætrene på Torndal
1991
Høfeber
6.7/3
A confrontational and friendly judge gets in trouble when his wife is trying to arouse his jealousy of her long-term relationship with their mutual fr...
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Høfeber
1963
The Girl and the Press Photographer
6.5/7
Bastian and Lene are a good couple, as a journalist and press photographer. They take turns to get ideas for how to get a scoop for the magazine "Tit...
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The Girl and the Press Photographer
1967
Wife on vacation
6.7/5
Allan Thorsen er træt af sin kone, men han har svært ved at få sagt at han vil skilles. Derfor arrangerer han en skiferie, hvor hun skal blive forelsk...
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Wife on vacation
1981
Jeppe på Bjerget
6.2/6
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Jeppe på Bjerget
1972
How to Behave in a Fourposter Bed
6.2/4
A police lieutenant woman goes undercover into a mansion where a couple maintains a school to teach young women how to catch a man... Especially if th...
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How to Behave in a Fourposter Bed
1956
Kristiane af Marstal
5.9/7
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Kristiane af Marstal
1960
Den sidste vinter
5.2/7
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Den sidste vinter
1962
Det stod i avisen
5.7/3
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Det stod i avisen
1966
Dyden går amok
5/4
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Dyden går amok
1979
Kick Me in the Traditions!
6.2/4
Based on Leif Panduro's 1958 satire classic. David, a senior high-school student, aims a swift kick at his principal's behind and is committed to a ps...
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Kick Me in the Traditions!
1962
Crazy Paradise
4.333/6
Romantic comedy, based on the discovery that eggs from a particular island provide men with great virility and make them irresistible.
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Crazy Paradise
1976
Kassen stemmer
5.6/5
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Kassen stemmer
1963
South of Tana River
8/1
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South of Tana River
1962
Oskar
5.8/4
Oskar? That's my driver. And Tina, my maid, must have taken my suitcase with her to the baron - the one my daughter should have been engaged to. But n...
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Oskar
1966
Nu stiger den
4/4
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Nu stiger den
1968
The Veterinarian's Adopted Children
6.7/10
The Veterinarian's Adopted Children is a 1968 Danish comedy film directed by Carl Ottosen and starring Dirch Passer.
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The Veterinarian's Adopted Children
1967
Tre mand frem for en trold
10/1
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Tre mand frem for en trold
1951
Naalen
4.5/2
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Naalen
1969
Mig og dig
5/3
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Mig og dig
1994
Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner
4/1
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Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner
1966
I, A Lover
5/4
Beatrice abandons her husband Peter because he is impotent in their sex life, instead she travels to paris with her lover Isac. Meanwhile Peter stays...
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I, A Lover
1969
Helle for Lykke
4.7/3
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Helle for Lykke
1965
Hold da helt ferie
4.4/5
Søren is looking forward to a relaxing camping holiday with his wife, Marianne. But nothing goes as planned, when his two daughters and mother-in-law...
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Hold da helt ferie
1983
Topsy Turvy
3.6/5
An uptight young man and his equally uptight family moves next door to a hedonistic clan, including the beautiful, sexy Topsy, who charms the new neig...
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Topsy Turvy
1965
It's Nifty in the Navy
6.1/10
It's Nifty in the Navy is a 1965 Danish comedy film directed by Finn Henriksen and starring Dirch Passer.
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It's Nifty in the Navy
1957
Be Dear to Me
6.6/5
The Danish Ingen tid til Kaertegn (Be Dear to Me) is heavily reliant on the appeal of its star, 8-year-old Eva Cohn. Our heroine is the neglected chil...
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Be Dear to Me
1987
The Fight For The Red Cow
2/2
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The Fight For The Red Cow
1959
The Poet and the Little Mother
6.4/8
Poeten and Lillemor are making their living on his writing, but the general interest in modern poetry is low and their income very small. A creditor i...
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The Poet and the Little Mother
1976
The Ghost Train
6.4/4
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The Ghost Train
1958
Styrmand Karlsen
6.6/9
First mate Knud Karlsen has just received sad news from his girlfriend. On board the ship is also chef Valdemar, sailor Ole, owner's confident son Rob...
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Styrmand Karlsen
1964
Tine
7.5/2
Danish melodrama about a housemaid struggling to find normalcy and love in the midst of war.
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Tine
1977
Vandalism
6.2/4
Based upon the novel "Hærværk" by Tom Kristensen about the self destructive person.
The literary reviewer Ole Jastrau chooses to free himself from hi...
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Vandalism
1954
Father of Four: In the Snow
5.8/9
Ib Schønberg is again the kindly father - and now he is crowned "the ideal driver". This means that he can take all his four children to winter holida...
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Father of Four: In the Snow
1953
Det gælder livet
4.5/2
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Det gælder livet
1962
Duellen
6.5/4
A sort of forerunner to Hollywood's Boogie Nights (1997), this Danish melodrama is set in the world of strip clubs. A medical student (Frits Helmuth)...
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Duellen
1977
Watch Your Back, Professor!
4.3/3
When a boring collage professor is mistaken for his cousin, he gets into all kinds of trouble, with hilarious results.
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Watch Your Back, Professor!
1963
Sextet
5/5
Six people of different ages and with varying mental health problems are forced to spend the night together by bad weather and react upon each other.
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Sextet
1964
Selvmordsskolen
8/5
Bizarre satiric tale about an ordinary Danish man disappointed in life and the welfare system. Close to a total collapse he decides to take the easy w...
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Selvmordsskolen
1972
Bedside Highway
4.8/5
In this Danish sex comedy, precisely opposite goals lead a young official of the Department of Roads and Traffic and all the women of the local villag...
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Bedside Highway
1987
Babette's Feast
7.2/383
A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late 1...
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Babette's Feast
1971
Tjærehandleren
6/3
Audun’s son is killed in an accident while the mother is in bed with her lover. Ten years later is Audun on the road living as a salesman and on the l...
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Tjærehandleren
1964
Premiere i helvede
7/2
About an American's reaction to the Dane's way of chatting about each other. Behind their backs. A rumor begins to flourish. A serious one. About deat...
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Premiere i helvede
1953
Fløjtespilleren
7.4/7
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Fløjtespilleren
1977
The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote
4.6/5
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The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote
2001
Prop and Berta
6/5
Prop & Berta is the story of a friendship between a little stout man and a big and proud cow, who are able to talk to each other. Together they confro...
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Prop and Berta
1975
The Goldcabbage Family
5.5/6
The family Gyldenkål is actually called Iversen, but have changed their name, after numerous problems with the IRS, loan sharks and employers. Using c...
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The Goldcabbage Family
1972
Bedside Head
5/6
The young headmaster of a boy's boarding school has decided that due to the virility of his young charges, they are a sort of national treasure. He be...
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Bedside Head
1970
Bedroom Mazurka
5.2/11
Max (Søltoft) is a popular teacher at a public school who needs a new schoolmaster. In an effort to entice him to take the vacated position, the boys...
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Bedroom Mazurka
1995
Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier
5.935/23
Torben Skjødt Jensen’s elegant documentary is a collage of memories and reflections on one of cinema’s greatest directors. Visually rich and densely l...
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Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier
1983
May
0/0
Early TV-film from Bille August.
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May
1960
Faith, Hope and Witchcraft
6/5
In the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean on the island of Troldø lives a single farming family. The grandmother Gunhild is the only woman on the is...
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Faith, Hope and Witchcraft
1990
Camping
0/0
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Camping
1954
Jan går til filmen
0/0
Fourteen-year-old Jan and his companion Erling appear as extras in a film being filmed at Nordisk Film's studios in Valby. A mysterious burglary at th...
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Jan går til filmen
1954
Karen, Maren og Mette
8/1
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Karen, Maren og Mette
1956
The Young Have No Time
5/2
A tale of wealthy youth in post-WWII Copenhagen.
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The Young Have No Time
1987
Sidste akt
4/1
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Sidste akt
1984
Rainfox
4/1
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Rainfox
1954
Vores lille by
7/2
Vores lille by er en ganske almindelig samling af huse et tilfældigt sted i Danmark beboet af ganske almindelige mennesker. Ingenting af betydning er...
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Vores lille by
1954
Det er så yndigt at følges ad
7/1
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Det er så yndigt at følges ad
1994
Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud
0/0
Documentary about Carl Theodor Dreyer and his film Gertrud.
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Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud
1988
The Girl in a Swing
4/8
A London art broker goes to Copenhagen where he requires the services of a secretary fluent in Danish, English, and German. He falls deeply in love wi...
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The Girl in a Swing
1963
En af dagene
0/0
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En af dagene
1971
Den fine mand
0/0
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Den fine mand
1965
Biedermann og brandstifterne
0/0
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