Flame and Citron

In Films by Brock Bourgase

Flame and Citron is a Danish film chronicling the exploits of two members of the Copenhagen resistance movement during World War II. I watched the film alone in an empty cinema but the work deserves far more credit and recognition than it has received. Aside from the fact that the piece is very historically accurate – in terms of costumes and locations – it requires the viewer to ask sophisticated questions of themselves. Flame and Citron are the code names of two hitmen who are working underground against the Nazi regime in Denmark. It is uncertain whether they are merely …