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The Face Behind the Mask

5.6193811mNRMovieDocumentaryMysteryHistory

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…

DirectorJacques Tourneur
WriterMilton Gunzburg
ProducerJack Chertok

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Cast · Directed by Jacques Tourneur

JN
John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)
CV
Carlos De Valdez
Bit Part (uncredited)
JD
Jack Deery
Bit Part (uncredited)
IH
Ivo Henderson
Bit Part (uncredited)
MHMary Howard
Mary Howard
La Vallière, The King's Sweetheart (uncredited)
GJ
George W. Jimenez
Spanish King (uncredited)
EKEdward Keane
Edward Keane
Nicholas Fouquet (uncredited)
MMMichael Mark
Michael Mark
Peasant (uncredited)
AM
Andre Marsaudon
Bit Part (uncredited)
TM
Thomas R. Mills
Governor (uncredited)
LPLeonard Penn
Leonard Penn
Louis XIV, The Man in the Iron Mask (uncredited)
GS
George Sorel
Count Mattioli (uncredited)

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The Face Behind the Mask — streaming FAQ

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The Face Behind the Mask isn't streaming anywhere in Canada yet.

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The Face Behind the Mask hasn't started streaming in Canada yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around May 7, 1938. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.