The Man in the Iron Mask (1977)
- Directed by
- Mike Newell
- Genre
- swashbuckler film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 70 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
King Louis XIV discovers he has a twin brother Philippe who has been kept hidden in an iron mask. The musketeers and other court figures scheme to replace the cruel king with his kinder twin.
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What happens
The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1977 television film directed by Mike Newell, loosely adapted from the 1847–1850 novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas and presenting several plot similarities with the 1939 film adaptation. Produced by Norman Rosemont for ITC Entertainment, it stars Richard Chamberlain as King Louis XIV and his twin Philippe, Patrick McGoohan as Nicolas Fouquet, Ralph Richardson as Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis Jourdan as D'Artagnan, and Ian Holm as the Chevalier Duval, with Jenny Agutter playing Louis XIV's mistress Louise de la Vallière, and Vivien Merchant as Queen Marie-Therese. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.