Ironmaster (film)

Ironmaster (Italian: La guerra del ferro: Ironmaster) is a 1983 film directed by Umberto Lenzi.

Ironmaster
Directed by	Umberto Lenzi[1]
Screenplay by	Alberto Cavallone Lea Martino Dardano Sacchetti Gabriel Rossini Umberto Lenzi[1]
Story by	Luciano Martino Alberto Cavallone[1]
Produced by	Luciano Martino[1]
Starring	Sam Pasco Elvire Audray George Eastman Pamela Prati
Cinematography	Giancarlo Ferrando[1]
Edited by	Eugenio Alabiso[1]
Music by	Guido De Angelis[1]
Production companies	Nuova Dania Cinematografica Medusa Distribuzione Imp. Ex. Ci. Les Film Jacques Leitienne[2]
Release date	10 March 1983 (1983-03-10) (Italy)
Countries	Italy France[2]

Production

Ironmaster was filmed on location at Custer State Park in South Dakota with interiors shot at RPA-Elios Studios in Rome.^[2]

Release

Ironmaster was released in Italy on 10 March 1983.^[1][2] The film was released on Blu-ray on 23 January 2017 in North America by Code Red and on 10 April 2017 in the United Kingdom by 88 Films.^[3][4]

Reception

According to Michael Klossner, author of Prehistoric Humans in Film and Television, while Ironmaster received "few and very bad notices [and is] simple, only modestly ambitious and has its share of flaws … it's hard not to like a film which shows intelligent, articulate prehistoric people making discoveries, facing moral issues and showing capacity for great evil and finally for good."^[5] Hal Erickson wrote in AllMovie that "Seldom has there been a more predictable 98 minutes' worth of Sword and Sorcery, but that doesn't mean it isn't enjoyable."^[6]