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The Man in the Iron Mask is a american film of genre Drama directed by James Whale released in USA on 13 july 1939 with Louis Hayward
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
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Add to a movie listThe Man in the Iron Mask is a 1939 American film very loosely adapted from the last section of the 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 is notable for containing the first screen role for Peter Cushing. It was also notable for being the source of several subsequent remakes. 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.
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The 1939 adaptation alters history significantly by making Fouquet (Joseph Schildkraut) a thoroughly evil, scheming mastermind. He, Colbert (Walter Kingsford), d'Artagnan (Warren William) and the musketeers are the only ones who know of the existence of a twin brother, and Fouquet uses his influence to keep everyone silent. The main story was changed by portraying Louis XIV as selfish, cruel, and incompetent, and Philippe the kind-hearted brother who is raised by d'Artagnan and the musketeers and does not even know that he has an identical twin.Actors
Louis Hayward
(King Louis XIV / Philippe of Gascony)
Joan Bennett
(Princess Maria Theresa)
Warren William
(D'Artagnan)
Joseph Schildkraut
(Fouquet)
Albert Dekker
(Louis XIII)
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