Red Sonja: The Movie

Red Sonja is an American feature film of the Sword & Sorcery genre. It is based on the character of Red Sonja who was first created by pulp novelist Robert E. Howard, but rose to prominence through her appearances in comic book titles published by Marvel Comics. The film was directed by Richard Fleischer with a script written by Clive Exton and George MacDonald Fraser. It was produced by Dino De Laurentiis and MGM/United Artists, and released theatrically in the United States on July 3rd, 1985. The film stars Brigitte Nielsen as Red Sonja - a warrior who must fight up against the evil queen, Gedren, played by Sandahl Bergman. The biggest name attached to this film however is actually Arnold Schwarzenegger who, sadly, does not play his more infamous character, Conan, but rather plays a Conan-adjacent sort of hero named Kalidor. Other co-stars in the movie include Paul Smith as Falkon, and Ernie Reyes, Jr. as Prince Tarn.

Notes & Trivia

 * Red Sonja was created by writer Robert E. Howard.


 * The tagline to this film is "Heroes of their time. For all time".


 * Red Sonja (1985) redirects to this page.