The Face Behind the Mask

The Face Behind the Mask

NR 1938 · 11 min · ★ 5.6 · Documentary, Mystery, History

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.

Directed by Jacques Tourneur · Written by Milton Gunzburg

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