The Face Behind the Mask (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.
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Cast
- John Nesbitt — Narrator (voice)
- Carlos De Valdez — Bit Part (uncredited)
- Jack Deery — Bit Part (uncredited)
- Ivo Henderson — Bit Part (uncredited)
- Mary Howard — La Vallière, The King's Sweetheart (uncredited)
- George W. Jimenez — Spanish King (uncredited)
- Edward Keane — Nicholas Fouquet (uncredited)
- Michael Mark — Peasant (uncredited)
- Andre Marsaudon — Bit Part (uncredited)
- Thomas R. Mills — Governor (uncredited)
- Leonard Penn — Louis XIV, The Man in the Iron Mask (uncredited)
- George Sorel — Count Mattioli (uncredited)
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