Le Masque de fer

Le Masque de fer

Directed by	Henri Decoin
Written by	Cecil Saint-Laurent
Starring	Jean Marais Claudine Auger Jean-Francois Poron Gisèle Pascal
Music by	Georges Van Parys
Cinematography	Pierre Petit
Edited by	Louisette Hautecoeur
Distributed by	Gaumont
Release dates	France: October 26, 1962 (1962-10-26) Italy: March 8, 1963 (1963-03-08)^[1]
Running time	127 min.
Country	France Italy

Le Masque de fer was a French film directed by Henri Decoin, released in 1962 and inspired by the story of The Man in the Iron Mask, as well as the novels by Alexandre Dumas: The Three Musketeers and Le Vicomte de Bragelonne.

Synopsis

Mazarin gives d'Artagnan the mission to rescue the imprisoned brother of Louis XIV.

In a scene not in the original book, d'Artagnan grabs Isabelle de Saint-Mars, pulls up her dress, and spanks her to punish her for not keeping a promise she had made.

Technical details

Title : Le Masque de fer
Director: Henri Decoin
Writer : Laurent Devries, Gérald Devriès, Cécil Saint-Laurent after the works of Alexandre Dumas
Producer : Roger de Broin
Director of photography: Pierre Petit
Music : Georges Van Parys
Editing : Louisette Hautecoeur
Scenery : Olivier Girard and Paul-Louis Boutié
Genre : Adventure
Length : 127 min
Date of release: France : 1962

Starring

Jean Marais : d'Artagnan
Jean-François Poron : Henri/Louis XIV
Sylva Koscina : Marion
Gisèle Pascal : Mme de Chaulmes
Jean Rochefort : Lastréaumont
Claudine Auger : Isabelle de Saint-Mars
Germaine Montero : Anne d'Autriche
Simone Derly : Marie Mancini
Noël Roquevert : Mr de Saint-Mars
Jean Lara : Renaud de Lourmes
Jean Davy : Maréchal de Turenne
Raymond Gérôme : Pimentel
Philippe Lemaire : Vaudreuil
Enrico Maria Salerno : Mazarin
Clément Thierry : Maulévrier
Max Montavon : le notaire

Notes

↑ Pavlides, Dan. "Overview: Le Masque de Fer". Allmovie. Retrieved February 3, 2010.

External links

Le Masque de fer at the Internet Movie Database

Alexandre Dumas's d'Artagnan Romances

Characters

Films

The Three Musketeers	The Three Musketeers (1916) Les Trois Mousquetaires (1921) The Three Musketeers (1921) The Three Musketeers (1932) The Three Musketeers (1933) The Three Musketeers (1935) The Three Musketeers (1939) The Three Musketeers (1946) The Three Musketeers (1948) The Three Musketeers (1953) The Three Musketeers (1961) The Three Musketeers (1969) The Three Musketeers (1973) The Four Musketeers (1974) d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978) The Three Musketeers (1993) The Musketeer (2001) The Three Musketeers (2011) 3 Musketeers (2011) The Three Musketeers (2013)

Twenty Years After	The Return of the Musketeers (1989) Musketeers Twenty Years After (1992)

The Vicomte of Bragelonne	The Iron Mask (1929) The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) Uthama Puthiran (1940) Lady in the Iron Mask (1952) Uthama Puthiran (1958) Le Masque de fer (1962) The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) The Fifth Musketeer (1979) The Secret of Queen Anne or Musketeers Thirty Years After (1993) The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

Other sequels	At Sword's Point (1952) The Secret Mark of D'Artagnan (1962) Revenge of the Musketeers (1994) La Femme Musketeer (2004) The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin (2009)

Animated	Tom and Jerry The Two Mouseketeers Touché, Pussy Cat! Tom and Chérie Royal Cat Nap The Three Musketeers (1973) The Man in the Iron Mask (1985) The Three Musketeers (1986) The Three Musketeers (1992) Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (2004) Barbie and the Three Musketeers (2009)

Television

Games

Touché: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer
The Three Musketeers (1987 video game)
The Three Musketeers (2006 video game)
The Three Musketeers: One for All!

Musicals

The Three Musketeers (1928)
3 Musketiers

Other adaptations

The films of Henri Decoin

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