
The Face Behind the Mask
Release Date: 1938-03-19
Language: EN
Country: 🇺🇸 US
Rating:
⭐ 5.4 / 10
( 5 votes )
Runtime: 11m
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.
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Cast

John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)
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Carlos De Valdez
Bit Part (uncredited)
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Jack Deery
Bit Part (uncredited)
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Ivo Henderson
Bit Part (uncredited)

Mary Howard
La Vallière, The King's Sweetheart (uncredited)
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George W. Jimenez
Spanish King (uncredited)

Edward Keane
Nicholas Fouquet (uncredited)

Michael Mark
Peasant (uncredited)
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Andre Marsaudon
Bit Part (uncredited)
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Thomas R. Mills
Governor (uncredited)

Leonard Penn
Louis XIV, The Man in the Iron Mask (uncredited)
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George Sorel
Count Mattioli (uncredited)