Flammen & Citronen (2008)

Director:

Ole Christian Madsen

Writers:

Lars Andersen (writer)
Ole Christian Madsen (writer)

Release Date:

28 March 2008 (Denmark)

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 | Double Agent | Father Son Relationship | Traitor | Last Stand

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
Martin Greis	...	Heinrich
René Hansen	...	Carl (as Rene Benjamin Hansen)
Jeppe Vig Find	...	Bob (as Jeppe Find)
Jesper Aron Kaplan	...	Skolelæreren (as Jesper Kaplan)
Rasmus Bjerg	...	Smalle
Jaques Lauritsen	...	Vinhandler (as Jacque Lauritsen)
Charlote Rathnow	...	Lis Bomhoff (as Charlotte Rathnov)
Henrik Jandorf	...	Helmer Bomhoff
Rasmus Botoft	...	Liquorstore owner
Mads M. Nielsen	...	Bodil's new boyfriend (as Mads Møllegaard Nielsen)
Malene Schwartz	...	Gilberts wife
Martin Hall	...	Østergaard Petersen
Karel Dobry	...	Seibold
Hans Henrik Clemensen	...	Redaktør Gaust
Tina Robinsson Simonsen	...	Fru Lorentzen (as Tina Robinson Simonsen)
Jan Zuska	...	Hr. Lorentzen
Mai Holm Laureng	...	Anne
Marie Christensen-Dalsgaard	...	Nurse
Klaus Tange	...	Schalburg - Sergent
Martin Vasques	...	German officer (as Martin Vasquez)
Robert Reinhold	...	Police officer
Caspar Phillipson	...	Schalburg - soldier with glasses
Roman Horn	...	Police officer
Benjamin Boe Rasmussen	...	Ambulance chief
Thomas Bendixen	...	Gestapo chief
Oliver Hvidtfeldt	...	Injured boy in car
Tinus Løvento	...	Father of the boy
Nikola Navrátil	...	Young officer
Per Löfberg	...	Waiter (as Per Löwberg)
Per Löwberg	...	Tjener
Simona Vcalová	...	Vinhandlerens kone / liquorstore owner's wife
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Finn Bergh	...	(uncredited)
David Bjergsø	...	Schalburg Soldier (uncredited)
Henrik Jørgensen	...	Civil Danish Policeman (uncredited)
Mads Lodberg	...	Bodyguard (uncredited)

Directed by
Ole Christian Madsen

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Lars Andersen		writer (as Lars K. Andersen)
Ole Christian Madsen		writer

Produced by
Christoph Fisser	....	co-producer
Kristina Kornum	....	line producer
Arno Neubauer	....	line producer: Germany
Søren Green Nielsen	....	assistant producer
Lars Bredo Rahbek	....	producer
Stefan Schubert	....	co-producer
Ralph Schwingel	....	co-producer
David B. Sørensen	....	assistant producer
Charlie Woebcken	....	co-producer
Sonja B. Zimmer	....	production executive

Original Music by
Karsten Fundal

Cinematography by
Jørgen Johansson

Film Editing by
Søren B. Ebbe

Casting by
Rie Hedegaard

Production Design by
Friborg Nanna Due
Jette Lehmann

Art Direction by
Jens Löckmann
Anja Müller
Søren Schwartzberg

Costume Design by
Manon Rasmussen
Margrethe Rasmussen
Rikke Simonsen

Makeup Department
Jens Bartram	....	makeup artist
Ivana Chlostova	....	makeup artist
Sabine Schumann	....	makeup artist
Bobo Sobotka	....	makeup artist: Czech Republic

Production Management
Lina Bach Christensen	....	production manager
Karen Nørøxe	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tobias Asam	....	second assistant director: Germany
Michaela Strnadova	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Simon Bang	....	storyboard artist
Peter Naguib	....	set dresser
Marco Pressler	....	construction manager
M. Wan Sputnick	....	property master: Denmark
Jon Truelsen	....	property master

Sound Department
Andreas Drost	....	dubbing recordist
Håkon Garpestad	....	boom operator
Hans Møller	....	sound

Special Effects by
Søren Skov Haraldsted	....	special effects project manager
Hummer Høimark	....	special effects coordinator
Christian Kitter	....	special effects senior technician
Lars Kolding Andersen	....	special effects senior technician
Bernd Wildau	....	special effects technician: Berlin

Visual Effects by
Nastuh Abootalebi	....	visual effects artist
Sofie Friis Borup	....	compositor
Jonas Drehn	....	visual effects supervisor
Peter Hartwig	....	CG supervisor: Duckling
Martin Madsen	....	compositor
Benjamin Magnussen	....	digital effects artist
Florian Martin	....	digital colorist (as Florian 'Utsi' Martin)
Per Mørk-Jensen	....	lead compositor
Christian Nielsen	....	visual effects
Peter Szewczyk	....	technical director
Dominik Trimborn	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Klaus Hjuler	....	stunt performer
Deni Jordan	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Erik Aavatsmark	....	still photographer
Christian Almesberger	....	camera operator: "b" camera: Berlin
Martin Bartels	....	video assist operator: Berlin
Morten Boserup	....	additional electrician
Thomas Ditzel	....	best boy electric
Tilmann Hautsch	....	electric trainee
Asger Lindgaard	....	camera operator: behind-the-scenes footage
Josef Lopez	....	lighting technician
Jacob Møller	....	electrician
Alexander Sachariew	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera: Berlin

Casting Department
Marcel Dykiert	....	extras casting
Iris Müller	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
Kenneth Laugaard Andersen	....	assistant editor
Troels Kampmann Kay	....	assistant editor
Carsten Søsted	....	additional editor
Emil Tralov	....	first assistant editor

Other crew
Linda Daae	....	script supervisor
Roberto Geroldi	....	production secretary
Dewi Grobecker	....	production accountant
Christoffer Harding	....	location scout
Uwe Kolbe	....	legal & business affairs
Dusan Matic	....	extras coordinator
Jens Næsland	....	extras coordinator
Carola Richter	....	location scout
Jordan Savel	....	marketing manager
Lukas Trantina	....	runner
Honza Zuska	....	location manager

Production Companies

• Nimbus Film Productions
• Sirena Film
• Wüste Filmproduktion

Distributors

• Alcine Terran (2009) (Japan) (theatrical) (as Alciné Térran)
• IFC Films (2009) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Mongrel Media (2009) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Alta Classics (2008) (Spain) (all media)
• AmaFilms (2008) (Greece) (all media)
• Filmfolket (2008) (Denmark) (all media)
• Metrodome Distribution (2008) (UK) (all media)
• NFP Marketing & Distribution (2008) (Germany) (all media)
• Rialto Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (all media)
• Rialto Entertainment (2008) (New Zealand) (all media)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2009) (Finland) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Duckling A/S

Other Companies

• Det Danske Filminstitut  funding
• Deutsche Filmförderfonds (DFFF)  funding
• Eurimages  funding
• Filmförderung Hamburg  funding
• Match Factory, The  sales
• Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg  funding
• Nimbus Film Productions  funding
• Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond  funding
• Produksjon 4 1/2  funding
• Sirena Film  funding
• Studio Babelsberg  funding
• TV2 Danmark  funding
• Wüste Filmproduktion  funding

Also Known As:

Flame and Citron (UK) (USA)
Flame & Citron (International: English title)
Flame + Citron (Australia)
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) | New Zealand:R16 | Argentina:16 | Canada:18A (Ontario) | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Nimbus Film Productions

Trivia:

Based on actual events that occurred in Denmark during World War II.

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 acting, intriguing story, mediocre movie handiwork

Note: I saw the blue ray version sold in Norway. Don't know if it's the same production that everyone else has seen.

A good handful of continuity problems and a small dash of out-of-time props made me score this one at 6/10 rather than higher. I don't like people leaning forwards when I see then from one angle and leaning back when I see them from the other angle, at least not when they do it consistently between each angle change. I think it's strange for people to wash blood off their hands when the blood is still there afterwards, and then gone again seconds later. I don't think they had laser printed contracts back then. And I thought glass-based cyanide capsules would look a tad different than the gel-based medicine we use today.

But I'm a movie geek; my wife didn't even notice the stuff I rant about above. All in all, the movie is absolutely worth watching! All central actors give a really, really good performance. And since the story is, to my knowledge, deeply rooted in real events, it makes it even more exciting.

If you like this movie, you will probably also like the Norwegian (I'm a Norwegian) "Max Manus" (7/10 from me), based on books written by one of Norway's most well known saboteurs from WWII. (His name is Max Manus, and his two books from 1945/46 are absolutely worth a read.)