The Face Behind the Mask

The Face Behind the Mask

11 mins | Mystery, History | March 19, 1938

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.

The Face Behind the Mask

11 mins | Mystery, History | March 19, 1938

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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Face Behind the Mask
Directors Jacques Tourneur
Writers Milton Gunzburg

Cast

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)