The Nazis set up a secret base on the dark side of the moon in 1945 where they hide out and plan to return to power in 2018. Plot Summary. Iron Sky (2012) photos, including production stills, premiere photos and other event photos, publicity photos, behind-the-scenes, and more. Iron Sky: The Ark is a Finnish-Chinese-Canadian co-production directed by Timo Vuorensola. It tells the story of two Chinese university dropout audiophiles who try to decode a message received from the Moon, but find themselves fighting against the Illuminati. The story takes air in 2032, a year of ecological impact. It tells the story of William Russell and Jack Brown, two Chinese students rE7u.