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The Face Behind the Mask

Documentary | Mystery

5.4

Release Date

March 19, 1938

Duration

11 min

Status

Released

Language

en

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.

Casts

John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

John Nesbitt

Carlos De Valdez

Bit Part (uncredited)

Carlos De Valdez

Jack Deery

Bit Part (uncredited)

Jack Deery

Ivo Henderson

Bit Part (uncredited)

Ivo Henderson

Mary Howard

La Vallière, The King's Sweetheart (uncredited)

Mary Howard

George W. Jimenez

Spanish King (uncredited)

George W. Jimenez

Edward Keane

Nicholas Fouquet (uncredited)

Edward Keane

Michael Mark

Peasant (uncredited)

Michael Mark

Andre Marsaudon

Bit Part (uncredited)

Andre Marsaudon

Thomas R. Mills

Governor (uncredited)

Thomas R. Mills

Leonard Penn

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

Leonard Penn

George Sorel

Count Mattioli (uncredited)

George Sorel

E. Alyn Warren

Bit Part (uncredited)

E. Alyn Warren

Lyons Wickland

The Mask (uncredited)

Lyons Wickland

Harry Worth

Louis XIII (uncredited)

Harry Worth

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