Le Masque de fer
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Directed by | Henri Decoin |
Written by | Cecil Saint-Laurent |
Starring | Jean Marais Claudine Auger Gisèle Pascal |
Cinematography | Pierre Petit |
Edited by | Louisette Hautecoeur |
Music by | Georges Van Parys |
Distributed by | Gaumont |
Release dates | France: October 26, 1962 Italy: March 8, 1963[1] |
Running time | 127 min. |
Countries | France Italy |
Box office | 2,431,259 admissions (France)[2] |
Le Masque de fer ("The Iron Mask") is a 1962 French film directed by Henri Decoin, based on the 1850 novel The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas and specifically part 3 of the novel, The Man in the Iron Mask; which in turn is based on the real-life story of the Man in the Iron Mask.
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[]
- Director: Henri Decoin
- Writer: , , Cécil Saint-Laurent after the works of Alexandre Dumas
- Producer:
- Director of photography: Pierre Petit
- Music: Georges Van Parys
- Editing: Louisette Hautecoeur
- Scenery: 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
- : Marie Mancini
- Noël Roquevert: Mr de Saint-Mars
- : Renaud de Lourmes
- Jean Davy: Maréchal de Turenne
- Raymond Gérôme: Pimentel
- Philippe Lemaire: Vaudreuil
- Enrico Maria Salerno: Mazarin
- : Maulévrier
- : le notaire
Notes[]
- ^ Pavlides, Dan. "Overview: Le Masque de Fer". Allmovie. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
- ^ "Box Office Figures for Jean Marais films". Box Office Story.
External links[]
Categories:
- French films
- Italian films
- French adventure films
- Italian adventure films
- 1960s adventure films
- French swashbuckler films
- Films directed by Henri Decoin
- 1962 films
- Italian swashbuckler films
- Films based on The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later
- Cultural depictions of Louis XIV
- Cultural depictions of Cardinal Mazarin
- Man in the Iron Mask
- Twins in fiction
- 1960s French film stubs
- Adventure film stubs