The Face Behind the Mask

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.

Release Date: 1938-03-19

DocumentaryMysteryHistory
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John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Mary Howard

La Vallière, The King's Sweetheart (uncredited)

Edward Keane

Nicholas Fouquet (uncredited)

Michael Mark

Peasant (uncredited)

Leonard Penn

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

E. Alyn Warren

Bit Part (uncredited)

Harry Worth

Louis XIII (uncredited)

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