The Face Behind the Mask

Mar 19, 1938

0h 11m

★ 5.4

Overview

This dramatized short film describes the historical mystery of France's "man in the iron mask". King Louis XIV imprisoned a man who was never identified, but who was forced to wear an iron mask for the length of his captivity, which ended only in his death. Several candidates for the identity of the man are investigated.

Genres

Documentary

Mystery

History

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

John Nesbitt

Bit Part (uncredited)

Carlos De Valdez

Bit Part (uncredited)

Jack Deery

Bit Part (uncredited)

Ivo Henderson

La Vallière, The King's Sweetheart (uncredited)

Mary Howard

Spanish King (uncredited)

George W. Jimenez

Nicholas Fouquet (uncredited)

Edward Keane

Peasant (uncredited)

Michael Mark

Bit Part (uncredited)

Andre Marsaudon

Governor (uncredited)

Thomas R. Mills

Louis XIV, The Man in the Iron Mask (uncredited)

Leonard Penn

Count Mattioli (uncredited)

George Sorel

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