Iron Sky

Director's Statement

The first idea for IRON SKY was born about seven years ago, in the most Finnish environment possible – the sauna. We laughed about the idea of a movie with space Nazis living on the dark side of the moon, gathering strength to return to the earth looking for a conquest. We played with the thought of having Udo Kier playing Hitler’s successor, Nazi leader Wolfgang Kortzfleisch, and laughed a little more because obviously we thought that was never going to happen. But here we are, many years and a gigantic amount of work later, I can finally show you this half-mad, half-genious idea come to life. Although IRON SKY is a sci-fi comedy about Moon Nazis invading earth, there’s more than just that to the film. At its core, IRON SKY is a story about the human capacity for change. And, despite the seemingly cynical view on international politics, it does leave the light on at the end of the tunnel. Man is man’s wolf, but the only hope for mankind is our capability to live with and accept other people. The main themes of IRON SKY include individuality and how readily people will give it up − and how this can be abused for selfish purposes. The film scrutinises force-fed ideology and mass movements as well as world politics.