Flame & Citron 2008

Heroes will rise, Enemies will fall

6.8 / 10   212 vote(s)
NR
Drama History War

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.

Homepage http://www.flammenogcitronen.dk/
Release Date 2008-03-25
Runtime 2h 10m
Directors Ole Christian Madsen, Jørgen Johansson
Producers Stefan Schubert, Ralph Schwingel, Christoph Fisser, Kristina Hejduková, Lars Bredo Rahbek, Björn Vosgerau, Bo Ehrhardt, Birgitte Hald, Morten Kaufmann, Jørgen Ramskov, Sonja B. Zimmer, Kristina Kornum, Pavel Muller, Arno Neubauer, Charlie Woebcken, Dominik Trimborn
Writers Ole Christian Madsen, Lars Andersen

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.

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