Red Sonja

Red Sonja is a 1985 Dutch-American sword and sorcery action film directed by. The film introduces as the title character with Arnold Schwarzenegger,, , ,  and  in supporting roles. The film features the sword-wielding Marvel Comics character Red Sonja, created by Roy Thomas, who first appeared in Marvel's Conan (Marvel Comics)|Conan the Barbarian series (#23) in 1973. The film's character of Red Sonja was based on Red Sonya of Rogatino, a character created by appearing in his short story "" (1934). The film acknowledges that it was "based on the character created by Robert E. Howard" in the introductory credits.

As in Howard's stories of Conan, the film takes place in the Hyborian Age, a fictional prehistoric time that had been depicted previously in the films Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer.

In Red Sonja (1985), Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the supporting character Lord Kalidor.