The Face Behind the Mask (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
Mary Howard
La Vallière, The King's Sweetheart (uncredited)
Edward Keane
Nicholas Fouquet (uncredited)
Michael Mark
Peasant (uncredited)
Leonard Penn
Louis XIV, The Man in the Iron Mask (uncredited)
E. Alyn Warren
Bit Part (uncredited)
Harry Worth
Louis XIII (uncredited)Recommendations
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