Flammen & Citronen

Flame & Citron

(Denmark/Germany/Norway/France/Sweden/Finland/Czech Republic, 2008, 137 minutes)

The true story of two Danish resistants to the Nazi occupation of Denmark during WWII. Gripping if bleak espionage thriller, intricately plotted and carefully handled.

Nimbus Film presents a Nimbus Film/Wüste Filmproduktion/Wüste Film Ost/Studio Babelsberg production; produced by Nimbus Rights II, with the support of the Danish Film Institute, Eurimages, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, Nordisk Film & TV Fund, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein; in co-operation with TV2 Danmark, Sandrew Metronome, The Match Factory, Canal Plus, TV2 Norge, SVT, NFP, YLE, Substanz; in co-production with Wüste Filmproduktion, Wüste Film Ost, Studio Babelsberg, OC Film, Sirena Film, Duckling, Mainstream, Kameraudlejningen, 4 1/2. Starring Thure Lindhardt, Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade, Peter Mygind, Mille Hoffmeyer Lehfeldt, Flemming Enevold, Christian Berkel, Hanns Zischler. Directed by Ole Christian Madsen; produced by Lars Bredo Rahbek; written by Lars K. Andersen, Ole Christian Madsen; music by Karsten Fundel; director of photography (Arri Schwartzfilm, widescreen), Jørgen Johansson; production designer, Jette Lehmann; costume designer, Manon Rasmussen; film editor, Søren B. Ebbe.