Very interesting story! <em>'Flame & Citron'</em> 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.
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.
Quick Stats
6.8
TMDB Rating
257
Votes
2h 10m
Runtime
$6.5M
Budget
$10.0M
Box Office
154%
Return
Key Crew
DirectorOle Christian Madsen
WriterOle Christian Madsen
CinematographyJørgen Johansson
ComposerHans Møller
EditorSøren B. Ebbe
Production DesignJette Lehmann
Produced by
Wüste FilmproduktionStudio BabelsbergMainstream4½Nimbus FilmWüste Film Ost
Where to Watch
Free
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Critics & Reviews
1 featuredCast
Thure Lindhardt
Flammen
Mads Mikkelsen
Citronen
Stine Stengade
Ketty Selmer
Peter Mygind
Aksel Winther
Mille Lehfeldt
Bodil
Christian Berkel
Hoffmann
Hanns Zischler
Gilbert
Claus Riis Østergaard
Bananen
Flemming Enevold
Spex
Lars Mikkelsen
Ravnen
Jesper Christensen
Flammens far
Lærke Winther
Cap
Peter Plaugborg
Lillebjørn
Martin Hestbæk
Storebjørn
Thomas Voss
Teddy
