FLAME & CITRON
by Flammen & Citronen
synopsis
Copenhagen, 1944. Denmark is occupied by Nazi Germany. Flame and Citron are two legendary resistance fighters charged with liquidating Danish informers. By order of their commander, they now consent to kill Germans as well. But when Flame is asked to execute his girlfriend Ketty, an enigmatic Stockholm courier, he questions his orders, wondering who Ketty really is. In the struggle for freedom all zones appear grey, and it becomes increasingly unclear who is friend and who is foe. Based on true events.
| international title: | Flame & Citron |
| original title: | Flammen & Citronen |
| country: | Denmark, Germany |
| sales agent: | The Match Factory |
| year: | 2006 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Flammen & Citronen |
| film run: | 135' |
| release date: | DK 28/03/2008, DE 28/08/2008, NO 03/10/2008, ES 02/12/2008, UK 06/03/2009, NL 23/04/209 |
| screenplay: | Lars K. Andersen, Ole Christian Madsen |
| cast: | Thure Lindhardt, Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade, Peter Mygind, Hanns Zischler, Christian Berkel |
| cinematography by: | Jørgen Johansson |
| film editing: | Søren B. Ebbe |
| art director: | Jette Lehmann, Søren Schwartzberg |
| music: | Karsten Fundal |
| producer: | Lars Bredo Rahbek |
| production: | Nimbus Film ApS, Wüste Film West |
| backing: | Danish Film Institute, TV2 Danmark, Sirena Film (CZ), MBB Berlin Brandenburg, Wüste Film, Filmförderung Hamburg, Deutsche Filmförderfonds, Studio Babelsberg (DE), 4 1/2, Nordic Film & TV Fund (NO), Euroimages |
| distributor: | Sandrew Metronome, Alta Classics (ES), Warner (DE), Metrodome Distribution (UK), |
