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L'Homme au masque de fer (1928)

L'Homme au masque de fer poster
Directed by
George Banfield
Genre
silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This silent British film tells a story based on the legend of a mysterious prisoner whose face is hidden by an iron mask. It was loosely adapted from a novel by Alexandre Dumas.

silentblack-and-whitedramatichistoricalold-fashionedslow-pacedmysteriousliterary

What happens

L'Homme au masque de fer (The Man in the Iron Mask) est un film britannique réalisé par George J. Banfield et Leslie Eveleigh, sorti en 1928. Ce film muet en noir et blanc est librement inspiré de la légende de l'Homme au masque de fer, ainsi que d'un roman d'Alexandre Dumas paru en 1847, Le Vicomte de Bragelonne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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