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Flame and Citron (2008)
Flammen & Citronen (original title)

UNRATED  130 min  -  Drama | History | Thriller   -  28 March 2008 (Denmark)
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A drama centered on two fighters in the Holger Danske World War II resistance group.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Thure Lindhardt ...
Mads Mikkelsen ...
Stine Stengade ...
Peter Mygind ...
Mille Lehfeldt Mille Lehfeldt ...
Bodil (as Mille Hoffmeyer Lehfeldt)
Christian Berkel ...
Hanns Zischler Hanns Zischler ...
Claus Riis Østergaard Claus Riis Østergaard ...
Flemming Enevold Flemming Enevold ...
Lars Mikkelsen ...
Jesper Christensen ...
Lærke Winther Andersen ...
Cap
Peter Plaugborg Peter Plaugborg ...
Martin Hestbæk ...
Thomas Voss Thomas Voss ...
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Storyline

During Nazi occupation, red-headed Bent Faurschou-Hviid ("Flame") and Jørgen Haagen Schmith ("Citron"), assassins in the Danish resistance, take orders from Winther, who's in direct contact with Allied leaders. One shoots, the other drives. Until 1944, they kill only Danes; then Winther gives orders to kill Germans. When a target tells Bent that Winther's using them to settle private scores, doubt sets in, complicated by Bent's relationship with the mysterious Kitty Selmer, who may be a double agent. Also, someone in their circle is a traitor. Can Bent and Jørgen kill an über-target, evade capture, and survive the war? And is this heroism, naiveté, or mere hatred? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

Resistance | Assassin | Nazi | Nazi Occupation | Double Agent  | See more »

Genres:

Drama | History | Thriller | War

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Details

Language:

Danish | German

Release Date:

(Denmark) See more »

Also Known As:

Flame y citrón See more »

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany See more »

Box Office

Budget:

DKK 45,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$15,254 (USA) (2 August 2009) (2 Screens)

Gross:

$145,109 (USA) (27 September 2009)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | Sweden: (3 part TV-miniseries)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

The movie is named from the nicknames of the two main characters. Flame refers to the colour of Bent Faurschou-Hviid's red hair, after an attempt to dye it blond. Citron (Danish for lemon) got the name because, while working at the Citroën-factories in Copenhagen, he sabotaged German cars and trucks. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: Near the beginning of the film, there is a montage showing, among other things, a resistance fighter tied to a post and being executed. A square white piece of paper is attached to his torso as a target. Immediately after he is shot we see four bullet holes in the paper forming a "parallelogram" pattern. Moments letter, in a close up of the dead fighter, the bullet hole pattern is reversed. It's pretty obvious that the paper had been taken off between scenes and then reattached backwards relative to the first shot. See more »

Connections

Featured in DR2 tema: Året der kommer (2008) See more »