The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)

Directed by

James Whale

Genre

drama film, swashbuckler film, period drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 37 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

King Louis XIV of France has a secret twin brother raised in hiding. The twin is forced to wear an iron mask and is imprisoned by his brother. D'Artagnan and the three musketeers try to free him and restore him to the throne.

adventurousdramaticfast-pacedswashbucklingromantichistoricalmusicalheroic

What happens

The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1939 American historical adventure film very loosely adapted from the last section of the 1847–1850 novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of the Man in the Iron Mask. The film was directed by James Whale and stars Louis Hayward as royal twins, Joan Bennett as Princess Maria Theresa, Warren William as d'Artagnan, and Joseph Schildkraut as Nicolas Fouquet. British actor Peter Cushing made his screen debut in a minor part. During the 12th Academy Awards for films from 1939, the film was nominated for Best Music (Original Score) for Lud Gluskin and Lucien Moraweck. The award, however, went to Herbert Stothart for The Wizard of Oz. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• The Man in the Iron Mask (1977)
• The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
• Lady in the Iron Mask (1952)
• Le Masque de fer (1962)
• The Iron Mask (1929)
• The Three Musketeers (1939)
• The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023)
• The Corsican Brothers (1941)