Friday, September 6, 2019

Flame and Citron, a Danish/German film

We watched this film last night - very interesting, very intense, based on actual events and people. Set in Denmark in 1944.

We have watched many movies about the French resistance, English resistance, and others against the Nazis, however, we have never viewed one from the Danish perspective.

It is a long movie - about two and a half hours, in Danish/German with English subtitles, which are very easy to keep up with, as mostly it is body acting with little dialogue.
Usually we tend to pause a movie when it is so long, however, this one went straight through with no breaks.....

If you watch this, please make sure that you read the very last notes regarding Flame and Citron, so that you know how effective these two resistance fighters were.  Eventually, they were both recognized by the U.S. government for their efforts to stop the Nazis.

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