Iron Sky

Iron Sky is a 2012 comic-science-fiction action film directed by Timo Vuorensola and written by Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko. It tells the story of a group of German Nazis who, having been defeated in 1945, fled to the Moon, where they built a space fleet to return in 2018 and conquer Earth. Iron Sky is one of the most expensive Finnish films.

Iron Sky
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTimo Vuorensola
Screenplay by
  • Michael Kalesniko
  • Ryan Healey
  • Timo Vuorensola
Story by
Produced by
  • Tero Kaukomaa
  • Oliver Damian
  • Mitchell Welsh
  • Cathy Overett
  • Sam Horton
  • James Wenban
  • Matt Pohl
  • Mark Overett
  • Samuli Torssonen
Starring
CinematographyMika Orasmaa
Edited bySuresh Ayyar
Music byLaibach
Production
companies
  • Blind Spot Pictures
  • 27 Films Production
  • New Holland Pictures
Distributed by
  • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Finland (Finland)
  • Polyband (Germany)
  • Hoyts (Australia)
Release dates
  • 11 February 2012 (2012-02-11) (Berlinale)
  • 4 April 2012 (2012-04-04) (Finland)
  • 5 April 2012 (2012-04-05) (Germany)
  • 10 May 2012 (2012-05-10) (Australia)
Running time
93 minutes
CountriesFinland
Germany
Australia
LanguagesEnglish
German
Budget7.5 million
Box officeUS$8.1 million

Iron Sky comes from the creators of Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning and was produced by Tero Kaukomaa of Blind Spot Pictures and Energia Productions, co-produced by New Holland Pictures and 27 Films, and co-financed by numerous individual supporters; Samuli Torssonen was responsible for the computer-generated imagery. It was theatrically released throughout Europe in April 2012. A director's cut of the film with 20 additional minutes was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 11 March 2014.

A video-game adaptation titled Iron Sky: Invasion was released in October 2012.

A sequel, titled Iron Sky: The Coming Race, was crowdfunded through Indiegogo and released in January 2019.

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