La corona di ferro (1941)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Alessandro Blasetti

Writers:

Alessandro Blasetti (story) &
Renato Castellani (story) ...

Release Date:

1941 (Turkey)

Genre:

Adventure | Fantasy

Plot:

A crown, supposedly made from a nail out of the Cross of Christ and the metal of Roman swords, becomes a legend and a symbol of justice. |

Plot Keywords:

Royalty | 1200s | Assassination | Lion | Archer

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Elisa Cegani	...	La madre di Elsa & Elsa
Luisa Ferida	...	Kavaora, madre di Tundra & Tundra
Rina Morelli	...	La vecchia del fuso
Gino Cervi	...	Il re Sedemondo di Kindaor
Massimo Girotti	...	Licinio & Arminio, suo figlio
Osvaldo Valenti	...	Eriberto
Paolo Stoppa	...	Trifilli
Primo Carnera	...	Klasa, il servo di Tundra

Also Known As:

The Iron Crown

Runtime:

83 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone System)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche (ENIC)

Trivia:

Massimo Girotti plays two different roles in the film: Licinio and Arminio. His voice is dubbed over for both parts, as Licinio by Augusto Marcacci and as Arminio by Gualtiero De Angelis.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Das Goebbels-Experiment (2005)

Wonderul Vintage Epic from Italia!

Bravo Blassetti ! Bravo Massimo Girotti ! What a surprise from Italy! An Epic saga..Mythological & religious...Sort of an Italian Star Wars meets Robin Hood meets Ben Hur ! Action ! Lust ! Mythological settings ! Forests, loincloths ,moats,chariots, swords, jousting & a story line which never loses your interest!!What a Spectacle !! predates most of our great spectacular films of the 1950s by many yrs (Ok, we had silent films King of Kings & 10 Commandments & some other De Mille Films, Sign of the Cross etc) but this mythological setting was unusual for the times... Cant wait to see again.. Massimo Girotti whose work I know from Senso & later Medea is excellent... rest of cast were not known to me & also not aware of director, Blassetti.... now I am !Will look forward to viewing The Iron Crown again,.and other films by Blassetti..Thanks again TCM !!