World War II seems to have preoccupied Scandinavians recently. Two WWII movies new to Americans are showing up here. Both works are edgey and suspenseful, and use the War as a major theme, but they are very different. The first, Flame + Citron, concerns two Danish resistance fighters who battle the Nazi occupiers. It's based on true events.
The second film, Dead Snow, is a gore fest. Flesh-eating Nazis, remnants of the army that invaded Norway, rise up in modern day to prey on attractive young Norwegians. You know what they say: "Ein, zwei, DIE!" Or something like that.
Both countries were occupied by Germany in WWII, and both nations are mining their wartime past for compelling cinematic stories.
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