The Face Behind the Mask

The Face Behind the Mask (1938)

Genre: Documentary, Mystery, History
Release Date: 1938-03-19
User Rating: 5.4/10 from 5 ratings
Runtime: 0h 11min
Language: English
Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Country: United States of America
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Writer: Milton Gunzburg

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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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Cast
Crew

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)

Directing	Jacques Tourneur	Director
Production	Jack Chertok	Producer
Camera	Paul Vogel	Director of Photography
Writing	Milton Gunzburg	Screenplay