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Cast

John Nesbitt

John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Carlos De Valdez

Carlos De Valdez

Bit Part (uncredited)

Jack Deery

Jack Deery

Bit Part (uncredited)

Ivo Henderson

Ivo Henderson

Bit Part (uncredited)

Mary Howard

Mary Howard

La Vallière, The King's Sweetheart (uncredited)

George W. Jimenez

George W. Jimenez

Spanish King (uncredited)

Edward Keane

Edward Keane

Nicholas Fouquet (uncredited)

Michael Mark

Michael Mark

Peasant (uncredited)

Andre Marsaudon

Andre Marsaudon

Bit Part (uncredited)

Thomas R. Mills

Thomas R. Mills

Governor (uncredited)

Leonard Penn

Leonard Penn

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

George Sorel

George Sorel

Count Mattioli (uncredited)

E. Alyn Warren

E. Alyn Warren

Bit Part (uncredited)

Lyons Wickland

Lyons Wickland

The Mask (uncredited)

Harry Worth

Harry Worth

Louis XIII (uncredited)

Crew

Jacques Tourneur

Jacques Tourneur

Director

Paul Vogel

Paul Vogel

Director of Photography

Jack Chertok

Jack Chertok

Producer

Milton Gunzburg

Milton Gunzburg

Screenplay

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The Face Behind the Mask

19385.4 / 1011 min
Documentary, Mystery, History

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.