4 real historical locations · Denmark
A Danish thriller based on the true story of two resistance fighters — codenamed Flammen and Citronen — who carried out assassinations of Danish collaborators and German officers in occupied Copenhagen. One of the most decorated Danish films ever made.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Denmark.
Two Danish Resistance assassins — Flammen and Citronen — systematically kill Danish collaborators and Gestapo informers in occupied Copenhagen, while doubtin...
Bent Faurschou-Hviid ('Flammen', 1921-1944) and Jørgen Haagen Schmith ('Citronen', 1910-1945) were real members of the Holger Danske resistance group. They conducted dozens of liquidations in Copenhagen between 1943 a...
View location →Flame and Citron carry out assassinations targeting Danish informers and Gestapo officers across Jutland, working their way up the collaboration network towa...
The Holger Danske resistance cell operated primarily in Jutland from 1943 to 1944. Bent Faurschou-Hviid (Flame) and Jørgen Haagen Schmith (Citron) killed over 20 Germans and collaborators.
View location →Operations in Fredericia target the collaborationist network supplying the Gestapo, as the resistance cell grows bolder and more exposed — and begins to doub...
Fredericia was an important industrial and rail centre under German occupation. The film's moral core questions the ethics of resistance killings without certainty of guilt.
View location →As the Gestapo closes in, the cell attempts to route fugitives and escape routes through neutral Sweden. The border becomes a deadly threshold as the Germans...
Sweden remained neutral throughout the war and was used as an escape route by Danish Jews (8,000 in October 1943) and resistance members. The Øresund crossing was critical to Danish survival.
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