Flame and citron, the most expensive danish film ever made to my. This is a handsomelooking second world war movie about danish resistance agents under nazi occupation. Two resistance fighters nicknamed flame thure lindhart and citron. Masterpiece gets thrown around a lot, but in my mind this is the only one this year. Monica film center santa monica monica film center santa monica.
The film is a romantic comedy, but that pretty much goes without saying. This is the danish cut of the trailer with english. From personal projects and events to films and corporate productions, citronfilms is your address for all types of videos. Flame and citron dvd 2008 political thriller, flames. Unified in their hatred of enemies of freedom, the younger, idealistic flame dreams of openly taking up arms against the occupying powerincluding local gestapo leader hoffmann christian berkelwhereas the more sensitive citron finds himself drawn further into the politics of resistance. Flame and citron their codenames were assassins, picking off individuals by killing them to their face but justified in their eyes by the fact that the victims were nazi collaborators. Out of the shadows, a danish resistance in its best moments, flame and citron captures the chaos of a mad scramble to survive. It may be destined to be watched largely on dvd or tv. Films avec thure lindhardt en streaming complet et. To jenkins, melvilles film had a more cogent outlook because. Based on the true story of two national heroes codenamed flame and citron, who worked under secret orders to. Then flame and citron supposedly denmarks most expensive film at the time of making is just for you. Gripping, haunting, and as complex as its title characters.
Murder takes an emotional toll, no matter how righteous the motivation. Flame and citron tells the story of 2 wwii danish resistance fighters flame thure lindhardt and citron mads mikkelsen, who team up to assassinate nazis and danish collaborators during the nazi occupation of their country. Thought this was a powerful film with good performances by the leads. Rent flame and citron 2008 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Beneath its stylized surface, flame is also a provocative film of ideas. Flame and citron are two resistance fighters charged with liquidating danish. Danish drama set in copenhagen during world war 2, based on real events and eyewitness acounts.
A drama centered on two fighters in the holger danske world war ii resistance group. Two resistance fighters nicknamed flame thure lindhart and citron mads mikkelsen casino. However, as the film explores that morality gets very frayed at the edges. Jenkins said the best scenes in flame and citron are the ones who. Trailer from nimbus film with english subtitles in high quality. Rent flame and citron 2008 starring thure lindhardt and mads mikkelsen on dvd and bluray. Set during world war ii, this bracing drama follows the story of two danish men fighting on behalf of the resistance in copenhagen.
Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Thure lindhardt and mads mikkelsen as flame and citron. Directed by ole christian madsen and starring thure lindhardt, mads mikkelsen, stine stengade and peter mygind. Flame and citron take orders from the wellfixed aksel winther peter. Overall, i have no negative comments about the film. World war ii is entering its final stretch in europe. In a way, the 1990s were marked by hugh grant and his films, so it is hardly surprising that this list starts with one of his films. While the scarletmaned flammen thure lindhardt finds an increasing capacity to kill with reckless abandon, citronen mads mikkelsen suffers from the growing dread that their assassinations could soon come to an end with their own deaths. Newhall under construction newhall under construction. Flame and citron are two legendary resistance fighters charged with liquidating danish. Flame thure lindhardt and citron mads mikkelsen are the code names for two undercover resistance fighters working for the holger danske group, which works to undermine the nazi occupation. A danish film with english subtitles from 2008, it includes a role for lars mikkelsen and tells the mostly true story of two danish resistance fighters of a particularly merciless sort battling the nazis during the second world war. Really disappointed this didnt make the best foreign language film shortlist. Whats most distinctive about the film, though, isnt in the budget.
You can check some of these filminspired slots on and see how you like them. I liked this vague aspect of the filmas war isnt always 100% cut and dry. I liked this vague aspect of the film as war isnt always 100% cut and dry. A former member of the austere dogme group of danish filmmakers, ole christian madsen offers a convincing, factbased story of two young danes, the. I first found it on netflix, and clicked it out of curiousity. The film, a fictionalized account based on historical events, stars thure lindhardt and mads mikkelsen as two danish resistance movement fighters nicknamed flammen and citronen, during the nazi occupation of denmark in world war ii. As the nazi occupation of denmark rages, two resistance fighters a young idealist codenamed flame thure lindhardt of into the wild and tense family man citron mads mikkelsen of casino royale become the undergrounds most proficient killers of collaborators and sympathizers. Promo videos are a very effective way to showcase a product, advertise a service or gain exposure for a program.
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