Flame and Citron /

Flame and Citron /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New York, NY : IFC Films : [distributed by] MPI Media Group, [2010]
Description:	1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	Danish German
Subject:	Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. -- Schutzstaffel -- Drama. Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. -- Schutzstaffel. German Occupation of Denmark (1940-1945) World War (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Denmark -- Drama. World War, 1939-1945 -- Collaborationists -- Denmark -- Drama. Assassins -- Drama. Trust -- Drama. Male friendship -- Drama. Man-woman relationships -- Drama. Assassins. Collaborationists. Male friendship. Man-woman relationships. Trust. Underground movements, War. Denmark -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Drama. Copenhagen (Denmark) -- Drama. Denmark. Denmark -- Copenhagen. Thrillers (Motion pictures) War films. Fiction films. Feature films. Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. History. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Video recordings for the hearing impaired. War films.
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8307590

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Varying Form of Title:	Flammen og Citronen Title on container and disc surface: Flame and Citron
Other authors / contributors:	Madsen, Ole Christian, 1966- Andersen, Lars K. (Lars Kristian), 1960- Rahbek, Lars Bredo. Lindhardt, Thure, 1974- Mikkelsen, Mads, 1965- Stengade, Stine, 1972- Mygind, Peter, 1963- Hoffmeyer Lehfeldt, Mille, 1979- Enevold, Flemming. Berkel, Christian, 1957- Zischler, Hanns, 1947- Johansson, Jørgen, 1960- Fundal, Karsten. Nimbus Films. Wüste Filmproduktion (Firm) Studio Babelsberg. OC Film (Firm) Sirena Film (Firm) 4 1/2 Production (Firm) IFC Films. MPI Media Group.
ISBN:	0788612387 9780788612381
Notes:	Frit baseret på virkelige begivenheder [Based on actual events] Special features: Trailer (2 min.); IFC trailers (8 min.). Fotograf [cinematographer], Jørgen Johansson ; klip [editor], Søren B. Ebbe ; production design, Jette Lehmann ; art director, Søren Schwarzberg ; komponist [composer], Karsten Fundal ; lyddesign [sound design], Hans Møller ; sfx-koordinator, Hummer Højmark ; costume design, Manon Rasmussen ; make up, Sabine Schumann, Jens Bartram. Thure Lindhardt (Flammen), Mads Mikkelsen (Citronen), Stine Stengade (Ketty Selmer), Peter Mygind (Aksel Winther), Mille Hoffmeyer Lehfeldt (Bodil), Flemming Enevold (Spex), Christian Berkel (Hoffmann), Hanns Zischler (Gilbert). Originally produced as a Danish/German/Czech Republic motion picture in 2008. DVD; region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; anamorphic widescreen presentation preserving the 2.35:1 aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition, enhanced for widescreen televisions. In Danish and occasional German with optional subtitles in English, English SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing), or Spanish.
Summary:	Copenhagen, 1944. The exploits of Flame and Citron, a duo of assassins with the Danish resistance movement are becoming legendary. They begin by dispatching Danish collaborators and graduate to the occupying Nazis, after which the SS puts bounties on their heads. Their ultimate goal: Gestapo commandant Karl Heinz Hoffmann. As loyal Danes with a hatred of the Nazi occupation, they kill Danes who are collaborating. Flame seems empowered by killing, growing ever more reckless with his tactics. Citron's dread increases almost hourly, as the running, hiding, and furtive meetings with his estranged wife gnaws at his soul. Who can they trust? Who is giving their orders? What if there has been insidious infiltration and their skills are being misused? For these good men, resistance isn't futile, but it does come with its own terrible cost.
Target Audience:	MPAA Rating: Not rated.
Awards:	Winner, 2009 Roberts Festival [Danmarks Film Akademi] Awards for Årets lyd [Best Sound/sound design]--Hans Møoller; Årets kostumier [Best Costume Design]--Manon Rasmussen; Årets sminkør [Best Make-Up]--Jens Bartram, Sabine Schumann; Årets scenograf [Best Production Design]--Jette Lehmann; Årets special effects [Best Special Effects]--Hummer Højmark, Jonas Drehn, Thomas Busk.
Standard no.:	030306971490
Publisher's no.:	IFC9714 IFC Films

Description
Summary:	Festival cause célèbre Ole Christian Madsen -- the director of critically championed prior efforts including Kira's Reason (2001) and Prague (2006) -- turns away from the domestic drama that characterized his earlier filmography with this unusual period thriller, adapted from historical events. Thure Lindhardt and Mads Mikkelsen star, respectively, as Flame and Citron. As two members of the anti-Nazi Danish resistance during the Second World War, their activities predominantly consist of hunting down and rubbing out Denmark's most prominent Nazi collaborators, and thus furthering the way for the Allied cause. Although Madsen opts for conventional subject matter here, and even a traditional perspective given his film's anti-Nazi stance, his deglamorized presentation retains a certain uniqueness, with the two main characters presented not as conventional heroes, but thoroughly desperate characters from the dregs of society with nothing left to lose except for their own lives -- and sociopaths prone to the most sadistic acts of ultraviolence against the enemy. Citron fares worst, as an utterly irredeemable alcoholic and drug addict, crumbling beneath the weight of a miserable, rotten marriage and a less-than-glowing relationship with his young daughter. In touting the film, Madsen openly cited Jean-Pierre Melville's Army of Shadows (1969) as one of his key influences. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
Item Description:	Frit baseret på virkelige begivenheder [Based on actual events] Special features: Trailer (2 min.); IFC trailers (8 min.).
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; anamorphic widescreen presentation preserving the 2.35:1 aspect ratio of the original theatrical exhibition, enhanced for widescreen televisions.
Audience:	MPAA Rating: Not rated.
Awards:	Winner, 2009 Roberts Festival [Danmarks Film Akademi] Awards for Årets lyd [Best Sound/sound design]--Hans Møoller; Årets kostumier [Best Costume Design]--Manon Rasmussen; Årets sminkør [Best Make-Up]--Jens Bartram, Sabine Schumann; Årets scenograf [Best Production Design]--Jette Lehmann; Årets special effects [Best Special Effects]--Hummer Højmark, Jonas Drehn, Thomas Busk.
Production Credits:	Fotograf [cinematographer], Jørgen Johansson ; klip [editor], Søren B. Ebbe ; production design, Jette Lehmann ; art director, Søren Schwarzberg ; komponist [composer], Karsten Fundal ; lyddesign [sound design], Hans Møller ; sfx-koordinator, Hummer Højmark ; costume design, Manon Rasmussen ; make up, Sabine Schumann, Jens Bartram.
ISBN:	0788612387 9780788612381