Iron Sky

"Whoo! The Eagle has landed, baby."

"Please keep that fool off the main frequency."

In 1945, Nazi Germans escaped to the moon and established a settlement.  In 2018, an American space expedition lands on the moon and discovers the Nazis on the Dark Side of the moon.  The surviving "astronaut," James Washington (Kirby), is captured and taken to the compound.  Nazi commander Klaus Adler (Otto) believes Washington was sent by the "United States of the Americas" to spy on and destroy them.  However, Washington is a model, who was sent into space to improve the image of the President (Paul) in her bid for reelection.

After discovering that Washington's cell phone increases the power of their new weapon, Adler convinces the current Fuhrer, Wolfgang Kortzfleisch (Kier), to send him back to earth to obtain modern computers.  He is accompanied by Washington, and Earth expert Renate Richter (Dietze), who is extremely naive and engaged to Adler.  Adler and Renate are introduced to Vivian Wagner (Sergeant), who is running the President's re-election campaign.  Soon they are heavily involved in the election campaign, and as Adler's ambition grows, Renate is educated about the reality of the Nazis.  Can Renate and Washington stop Adler and the Moon Nazis, or will earth be controlled by the Fourth Reich?


This film kept showing up on Netflix instant, and I was curious enough to read the description and check it out. This is the type of film that you take a chance on, but don't have high expectations for... and then end up enjoying the film more than you'd expect.

The premise is intriguing and carried out in interesting ways... could the film be better, of course, but is still highly entertaining.

I was not familiar with the cast, they have not appeared in many American films, but was pleasantly surprised.  New Zealand actress Stephanie Paul is entertaining as the Sarah Palin-esque President, she is mostly played for laughs.  Julia Dietze and Gotz Otto are well-known German actors.  He has had appeared in a few American films, most notably in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies.  She has yet to appear in an American film.  Australian actress Peta Sergeant is a TV actress and Christopher Kirby has a diverse acting portfolio.  Despite that, none of these actors are well-known names in Hollywood.

I was impressed with Finnish director Timo Vuorensola, and just added his parody of the Star Trek franchise Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning to my Netflix queue.

Iron Sky (2012) 93 minutes
Rating: R for language and some violence
Director: Timo Vuorensola
Starring: Julia Dietze as Renate Richter
Christopher Kirby as James Washington
Gotz Otto as Klaus Adler
Udo Kier as Wolfgang Kortzfleisch
Peta Sergeant as Vivian Wagner
Stephanie Paul as President of the United States
Tilo Pruckner as Doktor Richter