Flammen & Citronen (2008)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Ole Christian Madsen

Writers:

Lars Andersen (writer)
Ole Christian Madsen (writer)

Release Date:

31 July 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | History | Thriller | War

Plot:

A drama centered on two fighters in the Holger Danske World War II resistance group. |

Plot Keywords:

Resistance | Traitor | WWII | Espionage | Occupied Nation

Awards:

9 wins & 15 nominations

Cast

Thure Lindhardt	...	Flammen
Mads Mikkelsen	...	Citronen
Stine Stengade	...	Ketty Selmer
Peter Mygind	...	Aksel Winther
Mille Lehfeldt	...	Bodil (as Mille Hoffmeyer Lehfeldt)
Christian Berkel	...	Hoffmann - Gestapo leader
Hanns Zischler	...	Gilbert - German colonel
Claus Riis Østergaard	...	Bananen
Flemming Enevold	...	Spex
Lars Mikkelsen	...	Frode Jacobsen aka Ravnen
Jesper Christensen	...	Flammens Far
Lærke Winther Andersen	...	Cap
Peter Plaugborg	...	Lillebjørn
Martin Hestbæk	...	Storebjørn
Thomas Voss	...	Teddy

Also Known As:

Flame and Citron (UK) (USA)
Flame & Citron (International: English title)
Flammen og citronen (Denmark) (alternative spelling)
Plamen a Citron (Czech Republic)
Tage des Zorns (Germany)
The Flame and the Lemon (USA) (literal English title)

Runtime:

130 min

Country:

Denmark | Czech Republic | Germany

Language:

Danish | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Norway:15 | Ireland:15A | Portugal:M/16 (Qualidade)

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Nimbus Film Productions

Trivia:

With a budget over 10 million dollars this is one of the most expensive movies made in Denmark.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Citron, his wife and daughter are in the car on the beach, there are no wheel trails in the sand.

Movie Connections:

Featured in DR2 tema: Året der kommer (2008) (TV)

Great movie.

Great acting from all in this movie and a little bit of history told on the big screen, combined with great scenery and good locations to give that 40's feeling.

What makes this a very good movie and worth to watch, is the character of Thure Lindhardt as narrator and the flame, who does a sublime job doing the whole movie. The rest of the actors also makes this a very believable movie.

How close the storyline is to the real one, I do not know, but I was entertained and captured for the entire length of the movie, never once did I think ooh come on, move this along, the flow and the feel is just great.

This is one to watch, good story, better Scenografi and sublime acting.