Movie: The Face Behind the Mask

Top 10 Billed Cast

John Nesbitt
John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Carlos De Valdez
Carlos De Valdez

Bit Part (uncredited)

Jack Deery
Jack Deery

Bit Part (uncredited)

Ivo Henderson
Ivo Henderson

Bit Part (uncredited)

Mary Howard
Mary Howard

La Vallière, The King's Sweetheart (uncredited)

George W. Jimenez
George W. Jimenez

Spanish King (uncredited)

Edward Keane
Edward Keane

Nicholas Fouquet (uncredited)

Michael Mark
Michael Mark

Peasant (uncredited)

Andre Marsaudon
Andre Marsaudon

Bit Part (uncredited)

Thomas R. Mills
Thomas R. Mills

Governor (uncredited)

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    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

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    5.667

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    English
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