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The Face Behind the Mask
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The Face Behind the Mask

1938
Directed byJacques Tourneur
0h 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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John NesbittNarrator (voice)Carlos De ValdezBit Part (uncredited)
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Jack Deery
Bit Part (uncredited)
Ivo HendersonBit Part (uncredited)
Mary HowardLa Vallière, The King's Sweetheart (uncredited)
George W. JimenezSpanish King (uncredited)
Edward KeaneNicholas Fouquet (uncredited)
Michael MarkPeasant (uncredited)
Andre MarsaudonBit Part (uncredited)
Thomas R. MillsGovernor (uncredited)
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GENRES
DocumentaryMysteryHistory
STATUSReleased
RATING
5.4

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