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The Face Behind the Mask

(1938)

March 19, 1938• 0h 11m
54%
TMDB Score

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.

Jacques Tourneur

Director

Top Billed Cast

JN

John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

CDV

Carlos De Valdez

Bit Part (uncredited)

JD

Jack Deery

Bit Part (uncredited)

IH

Ivo Henderson

Bit Part (uncredited)

MH

Mary Howard

La Vallière, The King's Sweetheart (uncredited)

GWJ

George W. Jimenez

Spanish King (uncredited)

EK

Edward Keane

Nicholas Fouquet (uncredited)

MM

Michael Mark

Peasant (uncredited)

AM

Andre Marsaudon

Bit Part (uncredited)

TRM

Thomas R. Mills

Governor (uncredited)