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

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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