The Man in the Iron Mask (film)

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There have been several movies which have been entitled The Man in the Iron Mask, or which have just been based on the final section of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père, which was itself based on the 18th century legend of The Man in the Iron Mask. The plot often involves D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers and an identical twin brother of King Louis XIV of France (it is considered a sequel to The Three Musketeers).

• The Iron Mask (1929), a silent film starring Douglas Fairbanks
• The Man in the Iron Mask (1939), starring Louis Hayward
• Le Masque de fer (1962), French film, starring Jean Marais
• The Man in the Iron Mask (1968), UK television series.
• The Man in the Iron Mask (1977), television movie by ITC Entertainment, starring Richard Chamberlain
• The Fifth Musketeer (1979), starring Beau Bridges
• The Man in the Iron Mask (1985), Australian television movie
• The 1987 "Three Musketeers" Japanese anime series included the character of the Man in the Iron Mask
• The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Gabriel Byrne, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, and Gérard Depardieu

[edit] See also

• Look-alike