Gunman Flame and his partner Citron assassinate Nazi collaborators for the Danish resistance. Assigned targets by their Allies-connected leader, Aksel Winther, they relish the opportunity to begin targeting the Nazis themselves. When they begin to doubt the validity of their assignments, their morally complicated task becomes even more labyrinthine.
Acting
Mikkelsen's hollow-eyed exhaustion vs Lindhardt's desperate swagger
Cinematography
Shadow-soaked Copenhagen streets that breathe 1940s dread
Direction
Madsen turns assassinations into mournful, methodical rituals
Director
Ole Christian Madsen
Thure Lindhardt
Flammen
Mads Mikkelsen
Citronen
Stine Stengade
Ketty Selmer
Peter Mygind
Aksel Winther
Mille Lehfeldt
Bodil
Christian Berkel
Hoffmann
Hanns Zischler
Gilbert
Claus Riis Østergaard
Bananen
Flemming Enevold
Spex
Lars Mikkelsen
Ravnen
Jesper Christensen
Flammens far
Lærke Winther
Cap
Peter Plaugborg
Lillebjørn
Martin Hestbæk
Storebjørn
Thomas Voss
Teddy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Flame and Citron were Denmark's most decorated resistance fighters; their actual hit list included 87 targets.
This film helped crack open Denmark's myth of unified heroic resistance, revealing the messy, compromised reality beneath.
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