Flame & Citron

3/25/20082h 10m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Heroes will rise, Enemies will fall ~

Overview:

Gunman Flame and his partner Citron assassinate Nazi collaborators for the Danish resistance. Assigned targets by their Allies-connected leader, Aksel Winther, they relish the opportunity to begin targeting the Nazis themselves. When they begin to doubt the validity of their assignments, their morally complicated task becomes even more labyrinthine.

Director:

Ole Christian Madsen

Status:

Released

Language:

Danish

Buget:

$6,500,000.00

Revenue:

$10,040,589.00

Key words:

assassin
copenhagen, denmark
resistance
repayment
traitor
world war ii
moral conflict
double agent
gestapo
dishonesty

Cast

Thure Lindhardt

~ as ~

Flammen

Mads Mikkelsen

~ as ~

Citronen

Stine Stengade

~ as ~

Ketty Selmer

Peter Mygind

~ as ~

Aksel Winther

Mille Lehfeldt

~ as ~

Bodil

Christian Berkel

~ as ~

Hoffmann

Hanns Zischler

~ as ~

Gilbert

Claus Riis Østergaard

~ as ~

Bananen

Flemming Enevold

~ as ~

Spex

Lars Mikkelsen

~ as ~

Ravnen

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Reviews (1)

r96sk
Written 2 year(s) ago
8
Very interesting story!

'Flame & Citron' is a film certainly worthy of your time. It does probably overrun a little with a 130 minute run time and could pick up the pace here and there, though overall this historical drama from 2008 makes for intruiging viewing. It's very well made.

I had no knowledge of the real life of those portrayed, so it's good to learn of their World War II involvement; albeit with the usual stretched truth/fictionalization/whatever that films tend to do. The titular characters are played by Thure Lindhardt and Mads Mikkelsen, both give super performances as the former particularly impresses.