Iron Sky (2012)

Director:

Timo Vuorensola

Writers:

Johanna Sinisalo (original story)
Jarmo Puskala (original concept) ...
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Release Date:

4 April 2012 (Finland)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

In 1945 The Nazis Went To The Moon. In 2018 They Are Coming Back.

Plot:

The Nazis set up a secret base on the dark side of the moon in 1945 where they hide out and plan to return to power in 2018.

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | Moon | Secret Base | Flying Saucer | Stockings

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Julia Dietze	...	Renate Richter
Christopher Kirby	...	James Washington
Götz Otto	...	Klaus Adler
Udo Kier	...	Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
Peta Sergeant	...	Vivian Wagner
Stephanie Paul	...	President of the United States
Tilo Prückner	...	Doktor Richter
Michael Cullen	...	Secretary of Defence
Kym Jackson	...	officer McLennan
Ben Siemer	...	Sanders
Tom Hoßbach	...	Dieter (as Tom Hossbach)
Milo Kaukomaa	...	Siegfried
Vivian Schneider	...	Brunhilde
Fang Yu	...	Chinese Representative (as Fang You)
Irshad Panjatan	...	Indian Representative
Claus Wilcke	...	Russian Representative (as Claus Wilke)
Samir Fuchs	...	Middle east representative
Monika Gossmann	...	Designer #1
Jessica Veurman-Betts	...	Hippie Gal
Mark Mineart	...	Male Detective
George Koutros	...	Neo Nazi #1
Dieter Gring	...	Pilot #1
Harald Koch	...	Pilot #2
James Quinn	...	Reporter
Yuki Iwamoto	...	Japanese Representative
Jeffrey Coulas	...	English Representative
Nick Dong-Sik	...	North Korean Representative (as Nik Dong Sik)
Ramin Yazdani	...	Pakistani Representative
Tero Kaukomaa	...	Finnish Representative
Martin Grelis	...	2nd GWB Officer
Andrew Buchanan	...	3rd GWB Officer
Eugene Schlusser	...	Nazi General
Jim Knobeloch	...	Nazi Weapons Officer
Lisa Zoe Bräutigam	...	Hannelore
Oskar Mahler	...	Old Man
Kristina Walter	...	Old Woman
Brett Molloy	...	Uwe the pilot
Chelsea Cunningham	...	Catwalk Model
Alois Moyo	...	NYC taxi driver
Ryan Provost	...	Segway cop
Jorres Risse	...	Imperial SS trooper
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alexander J. Beck	...	New Yorker (uncredited)
Charles Chaplin	...	Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage) (uncredited)
Andreas Konzack	...	Security Officer (uncredited)
Joonas Makkonen	...	Moon Nazi (uncredited)

Directed by
Timo Vuorensola

Writing credits
Johanna Sinisalo		(original story)
Jarmo Puskala		(original concept)
Michael Kalesniko		screenplay
Timo Vuorensola		written by

Produced by
John Buckman	....	associate producer
Michael Cowan	....	executive producer
Oliver Damian	....	producer
Yuki Iwamoto	....	associate producer
Tero Kaukomaa	....	producer
San Fu Maltha	....	executive producer
Sean O'Kelly	....	executive producer
Cathy Overett	....	producer: Australia
Mark Overett	....	producer: Australia
Michael Stricker	....	line producer
Samuli Torssonen	....	producer

Original Music by
Laibach

Cinematography by
Mika Orasmaa		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Suresh Ayyar

Casting by
Uwe Bünker
Ben Parkinson

Production Design by
Ulrika von Vegesack

Art Direction by
Jussi Lehtiniemi
Astrid Poeschke		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Sabine Schaaf

Costume Design by
Jake Collier

Makeup Department
Sybille Löffelholz	....	makeup artist
Bliss Macgillicuddy	....	makeup department head
Anita Morgan	....	makeup & hair artist
Jeannette Tripodi	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Angelika Göhler	....	production manager: Germany
Judy Hallin	....	assistant production manager: Australia
Tarja Jakunaho	....	production manager
Marco Mangelli	....	production manager: pre-production
Anne Urban	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Frederik Hamm	....	second assistant director
Peter McLennan	....	first assistant director
Greg Tynan	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Andrew Gardiner	....	construction manager: Australia
Volker Hainbuch	....	assistant property master: outdoor
Adam Head	....	props master
Brita Hofmann	....	painter
Chris Holland	....	art department lighting
Gerry R. Kissell	....	comic artist
Wade Krawczyk	....	armourer
Carolin Langenbahn	....	art department coordinator: Germany
Peta Lawson	....	art director: Australia
Jussi Lehtiniemi	....	concept artist
Axel Nocker	....	assistant art director
Susanne Richter	....	graphic artist
Jan Rott	....	property master: outdoor
Jutta Saas	....	property master: indoor
Tine Stahl	....	prop assistant
Maythe Stavermann	....	assistant set decorator
Natalie Strohmaier	....	construction coordinator
Katharina Weberberger	....	art department trainee
Alexander Wunderlich	....	set dresser
Jac Charlton	....	assistant stand by props (uncredited)
John Lambert	....	stand-by props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Dustin Burford	....	assistant adr recordist
Michael Busch	....	sound recordist: Frankfurt/Main
Mario Hubert	....	sound editor
Jörg Kaiser	....	boom operator: Frankfurt/Main
Heiko Müller	....	sound re-recording mixer
Heiko Müller	....	supervising sound editor
Wolfi Müller	....	sound stage assistant
Roland Platz	....	foley artist
Chris Rebay	....	sound editor
Benjamin A. Rosenkind	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Benjamin Rosenkind)
Craig Walmsley	....	sound recordist
Stefan Wink	....	second boom operator: Frankfurt/Main
Uwe Zillner	....	foley recordist
Sven Serfling	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Shane Bailey	....	special effects technician
Ben Ingram	....	special effects technician
Clint Ingram	....	special effects supervisor
Jake Ingram	....	special effects technician
Micha Mann	....	special effects technician (as Michael Mann)
Oliver Rasch	....	weapon master
Greg Tuckwell	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Lassi Aalto	....	junior modeler
Samuli Ahokas	....	junior modeler
Ralf Baumann	....	junior modeler
Trevor Baylis	....	visual effects artist
Håkan Blomdahl	....	visual effects
Shawn Boundy	....	junior modeler
Hayes Brien	....	digital compositor
Hayes Brien	....	motion graphics artist
Jamie Clay	....	modeler
Philippe Corne	....	visual effects artist
Max Erlandsson	....	effects technical director: Fido
Mile Eror	....	junior modeler
Niko Finsk	....	digital compositor
Niko Finsk	....	motion graphics artist
Jeffry Gugick	....	digital modeler
Mark Hennessy-Barrett	....	visual effects artist
Erkko Huhtamäki	....	3d modeler
Erkko Huhtamäki	....	digital modeler
Erkko Huhtamäki	....	texture artist
Ari Huuskonen	....	digital compositor
Vesa Jokinen	....	digital compositor
Vesa Jokinen	....	motion graphics artist
Perttu Juntunen	....	junior modeler
Juuso Kaari	....	compositing supervisor
Juuso Kaari	....	on-set supervisor
Tuomas Kankola	....	visual effects artist
Toni Kontio	....	digital modeler
Juho Korhonen	....	junior modeler
Elin Kothe	....	matte painter (as Elin Lindahl)
Antti Kulmala	....	visual effects producer (extented edition)
Koji Kuramura	....	digital modeler
Alexandre Labedade	....	software tools developer
Jussi Lehtiniemi	....	matte painter
Jussi Lehtiniemi	....	visual effects art director
Kimmo Lemetti	....	digital modeler
Kimmo Lemetti	....	texture artist
Kimmo Lemetti	....	visual effects artist
Malin Leuchovius	....	visual effects coordinator (as Malin Persson)
Linus Lindbalk	....	matte painter: Filmgate
Martin Malmqvist	....	digital compositor
Joel Mantila	....	junior modeler
Mikko Monto	....	junior modeler
Kelly Lee Myers	....	cg supervisor
Kelly Lee Myers	....	visual effects artist
Joni Niva	....	visual effects production assistant
Anders Nyman	....	fx technical director: Fido film
Pyry Parkkola	....	digital compositor
Pyry Parkkola	....	digital modeler
Risto Puukko	....	digital effects artist
Daniel Reidler	....	visual effects supervisor
Kiko Sato	....	software tools developer
Barquin Sebastian	....	digital modeler
Barquin Sebastian	....	texture artist
Lee Stringer	....	cg supervisor
Janne Suhonen	....	digital modeler
Janne Suhonen	....	visual effects artist
Petter Sundnes	....	software tools developer
Josh Tanner	....	visual effects assistant: Australia
Gustav Tornroth	....	digital compositor
Samuli Torssonen	....	on-set supervisor
Samuli Torssonen	....	previsualization artist
Samuli Torssonen	....	vfx editor
Samuli Torssonen	....	visual effects producer
Samuli Torssonen	....	visual effects supervisor
Sami Vaittinen	....	digital modeler
Sami Vaittinen	....	previsualization artist
Sami Vaittinen	....	visual effects artist
Eero Vihavainen	....	digital compositor
Maria Vilko	....	junior modeler
William Warwick	....	junior modeler
Luke Whitehorn	....	software tools developer
Luke Whitehorn	....	visual effects artist
James Willmott	....	software tools developer
Michael Wolf	....	software tools developer
Juhana Ylitolonen	....	digital modeler
Juhana Ylitolonen	....	visual effects artist

Stunts
Cameron Ambridge	....	stunt performer
Tim Cody	....	stunt performer
Rhye Copeman	....	stunt performer
Philippe Deseck	....	stunt performer
Stephen Dunlevy	....	stunt performer
Petr Dvorak	....	stunt player: UN Representant
Nigel Harbach	....	stunt double
Greg Jones	....	stunt performer
Ingrid Kleinig	....	stunt performer
Gulliver Page	....	stunts
Nicholas Schodel	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Nicholas Schodel	....	stunt double
Marc Sieger	....	stunt coordinator
Ben Siemer	....	stunt performer
Neil Stoddart	....	stunt rigger
Darko Tuscan	....	stunt coordinator
Annette Van Moorsel	....	stunt double
Karl Van Moorsel	....	stunts
Vanessa Wieduwilt	....	stunt double: Peta Sergeant

Camera and Electrical Department
Sean Aston	....	key grip
Florian Bingold	....	camera trainee
Christian Buhlert	....	additional electrician
Christian Dressler	....	digital image technician
J. Paul Fahle	....	electrician
Arnd Geißheimer	....	first assistant camera
Tobias Graf	....	additional electrician
Billy Harmer	....	additional grip
Oliver Kellmann	....	crane technician
Gunter Leber	....	best boy
Christoph Liening	....	second assistant camera
Robbie McKinnon	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Ken Moffatt	....	gaffer: Australia
Ralf Ommerborn	....	electrician
Lars Prahl	....	key grip
Mark Prahl	....	additional electrician
Ville Salminen	....	first assistant camera
Ricky Schamburg	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Martin Scheyko	....	gaffer: Germany
Klaus Sprenger	....	key grip: second camera
Jörg Süß	....	steadicam operator
Josh Tanner	....	data wrangler: Australia
Sebastian Telega	....	additional electrician
David Thomson	....	head rigger

Casting Department
Julika Adachi	....	casting: crowd
Julika Adachi	....	extras casting
Tonia Hochsieder	....	casting: crowd
Tonia Hochsieder	....	extras casting
Thomas Kenny	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Chantelle Dixon	....	costume assistant
Sofia Fred	....	costume runner: Finland
Jonna Helin	....	seamstress: Finland
Janos Honkonen	....	costume trainee: Finland
Nina Jatuli	....	pattern cutter: Finland
Heli Karhunen	....	assistant costume designer
Anni Laanti	....	head seamstress
Brett Logue	....	costume props coordinator
Nadia Mietkiewicz	....	costume trainee: Finland
Sonia Mietkiewicz	....	costume trainee: Finland
Aija Nurminen	....	costume assistant: Finland
Madeleine Overett	....	costume stand-by
Nina Ruhkala	....	costume supervisor
Ranja Taipale	....	pattern cutter: Finland
Kaisa Tuulenkari	....	costume props assistant
Pinja Ulmanen	....	costume coordinator: Finland
Päivi Österlund	....	seamstress: Finland

Editorial Department
Courtney O'Brien Brown	....	assistant editor
Petri Riikonen	....	post-production producer
Ari Rusanen	....	on-line editor
Juho Räsänen	....	on-line editor
Marko Terävä	....	colorist

Music Department
Slavko Avsenik	....	additional scoring

Other crew
Julika Adachi	....	assistant to producers
Katariina Aro	....	production assistant
Elisabeth Bartels	....	assistant to producers
David Braithwaite	....	assistant to Sean O'Kelly
Hayes Brien	....	motion graphics artist
Gero Brugmann	....	legal counsel: completion guarantor
Joe Cappelletti	....	adr voice director
Jan Daniel Fritz	....	location manager
Iñaki Gegúndez Vicente	....	investor
Thomas Gerber	....	personal assistant
Daniel Ginelli	....	location scout
Johanna Hakanen	....	production assistant
Johanna Hakanen	....	production secretary
Udo Happel	....	completion bond representative
Riku Hirvonen	....	production assistant
Janos Honkonen	....	making-of
Janos Honkonen	....	publicist
Regina Kaczmarek	....	location scout
Jarmo Korteniemi	....	researcher
Thomas König-Mendler	....	production coordinator
Ilkka Niemi	....	network administrator
Pekka Ollula	....	assistant to producer
Pekka Ollula	....	head of social media
Marco Petzold	....	set manager
Jarmo Puskala	....	community manager
Jarmo Puskala	....	web master
Joakim Rehn	....	auditor
Kathleen Renish	....	dialect coach: Julia Dietze
Mariah Sayer	....	assistant to Michael Cowan
Tobias Sommer	....	lawyer
Shannon Sonnier	....	publicist
Monika Stankowski	....	assistant production accountant
Trudy Talbot	....	production accountant: Australia
Hannes Tödter	....	investor
Jade Van Der Lei	....	production coordinator
Jori Virtanen	....	publicist

Thanks
Meredith Garlick	....	thanks
Kalle Max Hofmann	....	special thanks
Essi Suomela	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Blind Spot Pictures Oy
• 27 Films Production
• New Holland Pictures
• Tuotantoyhtiö Energia (Visual Effects)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (co-production)

Distributors

• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Finland (2012) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Euforia Film (2011) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Einhorn-Film (2012) (Austria) (theatrical)
• Polyband (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
• All Media Company (2013) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Entertainment One (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Film Europe (2012) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Film Europe (2012) (Czech Republic) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Film Europe (2012) (Slovakia) (theatrical)
• Lighthouse Pictures (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Noble Entertainment (2012) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Presidio (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• All Media Company (2013) (Russia) (all media)
• Condor Entertainment (2013) (France) (DVD)
• Entertainment One (2012) (Canada) (all media)
• Entertainment One (2012) (USA) (all media)
• Falcon Films (2012) (Lebanon) (all media) (Middle East)
• Joyncontents Group (2012) (South Korea) (all media)
• Kino Swiat (2011) (Poland) (all media)
• Revolver Entertainment (2011) (UK) (all media)
• SBP (2013) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Shoval Film Production (2012) (Israel) (all media)
• Splendid Film (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
• Synergy Cinema (2012) (France) (all media)
• Vii Pillars Entertainment (2012) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2012) (Finland) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• E.G.G.S.
• Filmgate

Other Companies

• Adag Abrechnungsservice der Agenturen  extras payroll
• Car Motion Service (CMS)  transportation
• EMI Music  merchandise
• Eurimages  funding
• Face Off  stunts & rigging
• Friendz  transportation
• Hessen-Invest Film  funding
• Jola-Rent  production services
• MBF Film Technik  cameras
• Marsh  insurance
• Mute Records  soundtrack
• NYCBerlin  cars: US
• Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond  funding
• Obscure Entertainment  grip and lighting equipment
• Programme MEDIA de la Communauté Européenne  funding
• Sonnewald  props: US street
• Suomen Elokuvasäätiö  funding
• Tugg  publicity
• Uwe Bünker Casting  casting
• Wavefront Studios  sound post-production

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some violence

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

Finland | Germany | Australia

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Germany:12 | Sweden:11 | Finland:K-12 | UK:15 | Japan:PG12 | Norway:11 | Czech Republic:12 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Singapore:NC-16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Australia:M | South Korea:15 | Argentina:16 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Blind Spot Pictures Oy

Trivia:

There's a swastika shaped hopscotch course at ground just before James Washington opens the airlock.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end, when the camera pans up from the Moon base to view Earth through the crater created by the Gotterdammerung, we see Earth three-quarter covered in shadow; in the next shot, when the camera reverses its position and tracks backward from the moon over Earth we see the sun rise up behind the Moon, effectively creating a lunar eclipse. Were that the case we should have seen Earth as a full disc with no shadow in the first shot.

Quotes:

James Washington:[Upon touchdown] Whoo! The Eagle has landed, baby.
President of the United States:Please keep that fool off the main frequency.

Movie Connections:

References Downfall (2004)

Soundtrack:

Tanz Mit Laibach

Excellent effort, worthy of viewing

Saw this movie the 62nd Berlinale (Berlin Film Festival). Recommend its worth your time given a few caveats.

Lots of things to like about Timo's sophomore effort here. The movie is intentionally campy and plays to a number of eccentric stereotypes. Albeit, it feels very much a European view of some of the US eccentricities. The script was, by and large, well developed, the humor a little cheesy at times but generally spot on and large kudos should be paid to the FX, CGI teams for some outstanding segments in a sub $10M budgeted movie. The best parts include some great inside jokes specific to Americans and Germans, wonderful stereotyping of international ethnicities/prejudices, great attention to detail in costumes, sets, current culture trends and some above average acting by Julia Dietze, Goetze Otto and, of course, the wonderful Udo Kier. Oh, and the Laibach score for the movie was simply superb.

My caveats are that the cut I saw could have used slightly more surgical editing. Also, while I think Christopher Kirby has played well in other movies, I felt disappointed by this casting choice, as his role was central to the story line and the least "even" in terms of performance. Finally, it is intentional camp so expectations should be adjusted prior to entering the theater. I'm not sure the Mystery Science Theater guys could have come up with better lines than some that were already in the script of this movie.

In the end this felt much more thought out and a real "labor of love" than the traditional camp of Scary Movie, et al. This movie certainly has all the right elements of an instant cult classic. Putting it more simply, its about Nazis, living in a swastika shaped Moon base, trying to re-invade Earth!

My sincere thanks to the Iron Sky community for pulling the resources together to get this film made. For $7.5M I'd say, job very well done! This is probably, or usually, a ~7 IMDb score for this kind of a movie. I'm giving it 8 to balance out the previous reviewer.