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The Face Behind the Mask (1938)

Directed by Jacques Tourneur

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.

Rated NR | Length 11 minutes

Actors

Michael Mark | Ivo Henderson | E. Alyn Warren | George Sorel | Edward Keane | Mary Howard | Leonard Penn | Harry Worth | John Nesbitt | Lyons Wickland | Carlos De Valdez | Jack Deery | Thomas R. Mills | George W. Jimenez | Andre Marsaudon