Film
The Face Behind the Mask
1938Directed by Jacques Tourneur
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- Released
- Runtime
- 11m
About The Face Behind the Mask
- Documentary
- Mystery
- History
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Jacques Tourneur
- Writer
- Milton Gunzburg
