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Copenhagen 1944. While the Danish population hopes for a swift end to the war, freedom fighters Bent Faurschou-Hviid, a.k.a. Flame and Jørgen Haagen Schmith, a.k.a. Citron, secretly put their lives at stake fighting for the Holger Danske resistance group. The fearless and uncompromising Flame is a confirmed anti-fascist and dreams of the day when the group will assemble and openly launch an armed counterattack at the occupying power. The more sensitive family man, Citron, used to work primarily as a driver for Flame, but now finds himself becoming more deeply involved in the group s work. When their immediate superior, Aksel Winther, orders them into action against two German Abwehr officers, events start to get out of hand. Flame engages in conversation with the talented and intelligent Colonel Gilbert and for first time, Flame calls the soundness of the order he is about to execute into question...Something feels terribly wrong. Furthermore, when suspicion turns to his girlfriend, the beautiful and mysterious courier, Ketty, Flame begins to spot the outline of a different and mostly hidden agenda. Can Ketty be trusted? Can Winther? And who really works for whom? While their doubts gnaw at them, Flame and Citron come to feel that they are on shaky ground. Desperate, disillusioned and with a sense of having been betrayed by their superiors, they decide only to trust each other and concentrate their efforts on getting to the much hated and feared chief of the Gestapo, Hoffmann. The film is based on actual events and eyewitness accounts from some of the people who experienced Bent Faurschou-Hviid and Jørgen Haagen Schmith at very close range.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: Danish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), Danish ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: One film that doesn't soften the truth about resistance movements with remorse or false sentiment is Jean-Pierre Melville's "Army of Shadows," a 1969 masterpiece based on his experiences in the French underground. The Danish director Ole Christian Madsen looks to have borrowed some Melvillian stylistic flourishes to make "Flame & Citron," a fictionalized film, based on fact, about two Danish Resistance fighters. You can see the Melville touch in the impenetrable shadows that spill across Mr. Madsen's carefully composed mise-en-scène and in the fedoras and trench coats worn by his two heroes (Thure Lindhardt as Flame, and Mads Mikkelsen as Citron). What it doesn't share, though, is the lack of pity that makes "Army of Shadows" so unbearably sad, its almost repellent hardness of heart. What "Flame & Citron" has instead are decent men taking down Nazis (always a crowd pleaser) and some appealing actors - notably Mr. Lindhardt, Mr. Mikkelsen and Christian Berkel as the head of the Copenhagen Gestapo - ensnared in an increasingly tangled narrative line. Written by Mr. Madsen and Lars K. Andersen, the film tracks Flame and Citron as they do in Nazis and collaborators - for the most part, Flame pulls the trigger, Citron spins the getaway wheel - and their relationships with prickly colleagues and difficult intimates. Citron, his face drenched in sweat, proves an unreliable family man, while the red-haired Flame casts an eye at a femme, Ketty (Stine Stengade), who might be fatale. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: European Film Awards, ...Flammen & Citronen ( Flammen og citronen ) ( Flame and Citron )
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59 of 59 people found the following review helpful
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I found this movie to be gripping from start to finish - something which I find quite rare in WWII movies made in recent years. In the process I learnt quite a lot about the Danish resistance movement and the rather "different" occupation that the Danes had under the Nazis. The movie shows how traumatic it must be to kill an enemy in cold blood - even traitors/collaborators! There is also the doubts that a wartime assassin must have when he/she kills a civilian on the instructions of a "higher authority" - is the person really a collaborator etc?
I see that the film is based on historical fact - always a big "plus" in my books. Definitely a worthwhile watch!
I see that the film is based on historical fact - always a big "plus" in my books. Definitely a worthwhile watch!
88 of 91 people found the following review helpful
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Denmark's supposedly most expensive film to date proves to be a surprisingly interesting, complex, and in places even an exciting proposition. Based on the true story of two resistance fighters in Copenhagen in 1944 during the German occupation, we are introduced to Flame (committed and idealistic young killer of all things Nazi) and his driver, Citron, whose increasing involvement with the dirty end of the business mirrors the final collapse of his family life. They get their orders, they go and kill their targets. However, as the film progresses, the unthinkable happens - they begin to question the targets - is their handler doing the right thing? Is Flame's girlfriend being completely honest? Things begin to go horribly wrong, and Flame and Citron decide they need to follow their own path, choosing their own targets. Far from being a standard whitewashed history as told by the winners of war, this movie has no compunction about showing something rotten in the state of Denmark - and in so doing, allows a more complex look at what it takes to step up to a man or woman in their house or in the street, hold a gun to their head and pull the trigger, than has been seen in a long time.
It's a tad long, and yet is at times so complex you sometimes find yourself wondering what might have been left on the cutting room floor that might have filled in a few questions. Keeping track of who is who is challenging at times as the different resistance factions are not fully explained, and certain minor characters roles in the chain of command are not always clear.. but it's worth the concentration. Certainly the acting from the leads, as well as many of the secondary roles, is outstanding - we really do feel we scratch beneath the surface of the men - particularly Mads Mikkelson's Citron. Morality of war sometimes has more to it than just the war - and here we occasionally find the allies deep in moral ambiguity and corruption, and yet the Gestapo chief is the one with a decent side to him, respectfully covering the bodies of his enemies.
In short, this is well worth watching - a riveting story, a thriller, a tragic tale of war, a drama.. all in one. At times paradoxically beautifully shot, and full of detail, this might have achieved 5 star status with just a little more judicious editing. But that's a small quibble from the year's best war drama so far.
It's a tad long, and yet is at times so complex you sometimes find yourself wondering what might have been left on the cutting room floor that might have filled in a few questions. Keeping track of who is who is challenging at times as the different resistance factions are not fully explained, and certain minor characters roles in the chain of command are not always clear.. but it's worth the concentration. Certainly the acting from the leads, as well as many of the secondary roles, is outstanding - we really do feel we scratch beneath the surface of the men - particularly Mads Mikkelson's Citron. Morality of war sometimes has more to it than just the war - and here we occasionally find the allies deep in moral ambiguity and corruption, and yet the Gestapo chief is the one with a decent side to him, respectfully covering the bodies of his enemies.
In short, this is well worth watching - a riveting story, a thriller, a tragic tale of war, a drama.. all in one. At times paradoxically beautifully shot, and full of detail, this might have achieved 5 star status with just a little more judicious editing. But that's a small quibble from the year's best war drama so far.
47 of 49 people found the following review helpful
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This is an excellent film about a Resistance to the Nazis during their occupation of Denmark.
It contains a very powerful message that not all Danes were collaborators or "Quislings".
Mads Mikkelsen and Thure Lindhardt are superb as Bent Flame and Jorgen Citron.
Mikkelsen can always be associated as playing "Le Chiffre" in James Bond 007 - Casino Royale but his performance in this film outshines 007!
Look out for Christian Berkel as the Gestapo Chief, Hoffmann.
One of the endings is particulary moving and very sad when an agent fights to the very last and never surrenders despite all the odds against him.
For those of you who love Scandinavian movies and stories be they true or not, Hollywood couldn't produce a movie like this!
I saw this movie in the cinema and decided I would buy it because it is so unique.
It contains a very powerful message that not all Danes were collaborators or "Quislings".
Mads Mikkelsen and Thure Lindhardt are superb as Bent Flame and Jorgen Citron.
Mikkelsen can always be associated as playing "Le Chiffre" in James Bond 007 - Casino Royale but his performance in this film outshines 007!
Look out for Christian Berkel as the Gestapo Chief, Hoffmann.
One of the endings is particulary moving and very sad when an agent fights to the very last and never surrenders despite all the odds against him.
For those of you who love Scandinavian movies and stories be they true or not, Hollywood couldn't produce a movie like this!
I saw this movie in the cinema and decided I would buy it because it is so unique.
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I read a review about thisFlame And Citron [DVD] [2008] film and it looked really interesting since I am so tired of all the films that celebrate and justify agression and killing... Read more
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Fantastic movie...
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Published 2 months ago by Chris
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FLAME AND CITRON - GOOD MOVIE !
the end of the movie is a bit desapointed, but still is a great movie.
the end of the movie is a bit desapointed, but still is a great movie.
Published 6 months ago by Etai Ronen
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