The Face Behind the Mask
5.4
11 minutes
3/19/1938
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.
Cast List
John Nesbitt
as Narrator (voice)
Carlos De Valdez
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Jack Deery
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Ivo Henderson
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Mary Howard
as La Vallière, The King's Sweetheart (uncredited)
George W. Jimenez
as Spanish King (uncredited)
Edward Keane
as Nicholas Fouquet (uncredited)
Michael Mark
as Peasant (uncredited)
Andre Marsaudon
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Thomas R. Mills
as Governor (uncredited)
Leonard Penn
as Louis XIV, The Man in the Iron Mask (uncredited)
George Sorel
as Count Mattioli (uncredited)
E. Alyn Warren
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Lyons Wickland
as The Mask (uncredited)
Harry Worth
as Louis XIII (uncredited)