The Fifth Musketeer (1979)

Directed by

Ken Annakin

Genre

drama film, swashbuckler film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, Austria

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

12

Rating

4.9 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A twin brother of King Louis XIV is hidden away and raised in secret. When he is discovered, a plot unfolds to use him to replace the king, involving the famous musketeers.

swashbucklingadventurousdramatichistoricalintriguingfast-pacedlightheartedromantic

What happens

The Fifth Musketeer is a 1979 German-Austrian film adaptation of the last section of the 1847–1850 novel The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of the Man in the Iron Mask. It was released in Europe with the alternative title Behind the Iron Mask. It was directed by Ken Annakin, and stars Beau Bridges as the twins (Louis XIV and Philippe of Gascony), Sylvia Kristel as Maria Theresa, Ursula Andress as Louise de La Vallière, Cornel Wilde as Charles d'Artagnan, Ian McShane as Nicolas Fouquet, Rex Harrison as Jean-Baptiste Colbert (Philippe's tutor), and Lloyd Bridges, José Ferrer and Alan Hale Jr. as the Three Musketeers. Olivia de Havilland made her final theatrical film role in a cameo appearance as the Queen Mother Anne of Austria. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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