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.
Le Masque de fer | |
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Directed by | Henri Decoin |
Written by | Cecil Saint-Laurent |
Starring | Jean Marais Claudine Auger Jean-Francois Poron 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] |
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.