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The Iron Crown (1941)

The Iron Crown poster
Original title
La corona di ferro
Directed by
Alessandro Blasetti
Genre
fantasy film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A king faces a prophecy that his nephew will take his kingdom. The story follows his efforts to hold onto power and the role of a sacred iron crown in this struggle.

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What happens

The Iron Crown (Italian: La corona di ferro) is a 1941 Italian historical fantasy 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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