Flame and Citron

 

This is a handsome-looking second world war movie about Danish resistance agents under Nazi occupation.

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 It may be destined to be watched largely on DVD or TV: but this is intelligent film-making from director Ole Christian Madsen, based on a true story of two legendary Danish patriots. Thure Lindhardt and recent Bond villain Mads Mikkelsen play the undercover freedom-fighters codenamed "Flame" and "Citron". The strain of perpetually carrying out attacks, and being perpetually in mortal danger themselves, has very different effects on the two men. One looks worn down, and the other is refreshed and rejuvenated. But the men are to realise that resistance is a complex business. Paradoxically, it involves a degree of tacit collaboration with the hated German invader. There is an unspoken understanding that as long as the resistance fighters attack only pro-Nazi Danes, the high command in Berlin will not carry out retributive attacks. Attacking actual Germans on Danish soil would be, however, quite another story. Soon, the resistance fighters are pressing for bolder action, and the cautious attitude of their own commanders triggers fear and unease. A well-made, satisfying film.

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