The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

Directed by

Randall Wallace

Genre

drama film, comedy film, action film, swashbuckler film, adventure film, prison film

Country

United Kingdom, France, United States

Runtime

2h 13m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 4,164 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four aging musketeers reunite to confront a cruel king. Leonardo DiCaprio plays both the imprisoned twin and the tyrant ruler.

swashbucklingdramaticadventurousmelodramaticdarkly comicaction-packedromantictense

What happens

The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1998 American action drama film written, directed and produced by Randall Wallace in his directorial debut. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio in a dual role as the title character and the villain, Jeremy Irons as Aramis, John Malkovich as Athos, Gérard Depardieu as Porthos, and Gabriel Byrne as D'Artagnan. Some characters are from Alexandre Dumas's D'Artagnan Romances, and some plot elements are loosely adapted from his 1847–1850 novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne. The film centers on the four aging musketeers, Athos, Porthos, Aramis and D'Artagnan, during the reign of King Louis XIV. It explores the mystery of the Man in the Iron Mask, with a plot closer to the flamboyant 1929 version starring Douglas Fairbanks, The Iron Mask, and the 1939 version, directed by James Whale, than to the original Dumas book. The film received mixed reviews but was a financial success, grossing $183 million worldwide against a budget of $35 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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