| The Iron Crown | |
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| 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 |
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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.