The Face Behind the Mask

Name: The Face Behind the Mask
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Genre: Documentary, Mystery, History
Released: 1938-03-19
Duration: 11 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: John Nesbitt, Carlos De Valdez, Jack Deery, Ivo Henderson, Mary Howard

5.6(8)NR193811mEN

Directed by Jacques Tourneur

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.