The Iron Crown

The Iron Crown
The Iron Crown
Directed by	Alessandro Blasetti
Written by	Alessandro Blasetti; Renato Castellani; Corrado Pavolini; Guglielmo Zorzi; Giuseppe Zucca
Starring	Massimo Girotti; Gino Cervi
Cinematography	Mario Craveri; Václav Vích
Edited by	Mario Serandrei
Music by	Alessandro Cicognini
Distributed by	Lux film
Release date	September 1941;
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Iron Crown (Italian: La corona di ferro) is a 1941 Italian adventure film written and directed by Alessandro Blasetti, starring Massimo Girotti and Gino Cervi. The narrative revolves a sacred iron crown and a king who is prophesied to lose his kingdom to his nephew. It blends motifs from several European myths, legends and modern works of popular fiction. The film won a Coppa Mussolini award, which is the ancestor to the Golden Lion.