Flame and Citron

2008 · Movie · 130 min. · Denmark

Drama Thriller War World War II Based on True Stories

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?

Direction Ole Christian Madsen

Cast Thure Lindhardt · Mads Mikkelsen · Stine Stengade · Christian Berkel · Rasmus Bjerg · David Bjergsø · Rasmus Botoft · Jesper Christensen · Flemming Enevold · Martin Greis · Martin Hall · Claus Riis Østergaard · Peter Mygind