The Man in the Iron Mask (II) (1998)

A lad jousting with his tutor is kidnaped and carried to the Bastille where his head is locked in an iron mask. Jump ten years: Musketeers return from war in Morocco to find Paris starving ... See full summary »

Director:

William Richert

Writers:

Alexandre Dumas père (novel), William Richert

Stars:

Edward Albert, Dana Barron, Timothy Bottoms

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Edward Albert	...	Athos
Dana Barron	...	Louise de la Vallière
Timothy Bottoms	...	Fouquet
Brigid Brannagh	...	Molly Pichon (as Brigid Brannah)
Fannie Brett	...	Henriette
Meg Foster	...	Queen Anne d'Autriche
James Gammon	...	The Commandant
Dennis Hayden	...	D'Artagnan
William Richert	...	Alexandre Dumas / Count Aramis
Nick Richert	...	King Louis XIV / Philippe
Rex Ryon	...	Porthos
Jeremy West	...	Cardinal Mazarin
Brenda James	...	Lucille
R.G. Armstrong	...	Old Farmer
Dan Coplan	...	Moliere (as Daniel J. Coplan)

Storyline

A lad jousting with his tutor is kidnaped and carried to the Bastille where his head is locked in an iron mask. Jump ten years: Musketeers return from war in Morocco to find Paris starving while Louis XIV and his retinue idle at Duke Fouquet's estate. Louis is enamored with his host's virginal daughter, Valliere, herself in love with Athos. The queen mother calls the Jesuit Aramis to her deathbed to confess that Louis has a twin, "a second born, he was first conceived, the oldest and true heir," the man in the iron mask. Aramis secures his release and hides him while Porthos and Athos school him for his destiny. D'Artagnan remains loyal to Louis: love, schemes and politics entwine.

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Plot Keywords:

iron mask | mask | foreign language adaptation | identical twins | 1600s | 

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Genres:

Adventure

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 February 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Mask of Dumas

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Box Office

Budget:

$500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Invisible Studio, The Fastest Cheapest Best Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Prior to 2006 all previous releases on DVD and Video were unauthorized and incomplete.

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Connections

Version of The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

User Reviews

History, fiction and romance

An interesting combination of history , fiction and romance blended together by Writer /director and actor William Richert make for an interesting plot. Of particular interest is the fact that this movie is an extremely low budget film(less than $500,00) and shows you that a good movie need not be a big budget picture to be intertaining and good.

Quite amazing is how many actors appear in the film. You will recognize many big name stars like Meg ter( Cagney and Lacey) and James Gammon( Nash Bridges). among others. An interesting note is that River Phoenix was going to play the part of the twin brothers Phillippe and Louie.

In a few places the sound could have been better and a few actors are a bit weak in their characterization, but that is more than made up by very strong performances from Edward albert, Timothy Bottom and William Richert.

The costumes, make up and background sets are quite spectacular considering it was filmed at present day locations. I understand a second version may soon be released with some added special effects and actually an 'appearence' by the original writer of the plot, A lexandre Dumas. It is a fun , romantic, swash buckling, and entertaining movie.