The Face Behind the Mask

March 19, 1938

11m

Documentary History Mystery

Directors

Jacques Tourneur

Writers

Milton Gunzburg

Top Stars

John Nesbitt,Carlos De Valdez,Jack Deery,Ivo Henderson,Mary Howard

CountryUnited States

LanguageEnglish

Release dateMarch 19, 1938

BOFFOES RATING

6.9

6 votes

6.2

(208)

54%

(5)

Synopsis & Plot Summary

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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Jacques Tourneur
Director
Milton Gunzburg
Writer
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)
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