The Face Behind the Mask

The Face Behind the Mask (1938)

Documentary Mystery History

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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  • Release Date: 1938-03-19
  • Runtime: 0h 11min
  • Director: Jacques Tourneur

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Cast

  • John Nesbitt

    Narrator (voice)

  • Carlos De Valdez

    Bit Part (uncredited)

  • Jack Deery

    Bit Part (uncredited)

  • Ivo Henderson

    Bit Part (uncredited)

  • Mary Howard

    La Vallière, The King's Sweetheart (uncredited)

  • George W. Jimenez

    Spanish King (uncredited)

  • Edward Keane

    Nicholas Fouquet (uncredited)

  • Michael Mark

    Peasant (uncredited)

  • Andre Marsaudon

    Bit Part (uncredited)

  • Thomas R. Mills

    Governor (uncredited)

  • Leonard Penn

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

  • George Sorel

    Count Mattioli (uncredited)

  • E. Alyn Warren

    Bit Part (uncredited)

  • Lyons Wickland

    The Mask (uncredited)

  • Harry Worth

    Louis XIII (uncredited)

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