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The Face Behind the Mask (1938)

The Face Behind the Mask (1938)

Mystery History Documentary
Release Date: 1938, March 19
Directors: Jacques Tourneur
Countries: United States of America
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: E. Alyn Warren, Edward Keane, George Sorel, Michael Mark, Mary Howard, Leonard Penn, George W. Jimenez, Jack Deery, John Nesbitt, Ivo Henderson, Harry Worth, Carlos De Valdez

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.

Keywords:

prisoner iron mask