Le Masque de fer was a French film

Cinema of France

The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad.France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions. Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle...

 directed by Henri Decoin

Henri Decoin

Henri Decoin was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who competed for France in the men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1908 Summer Olympics and the water polo tournament at the 1912 Summer Olympics.-Selected filmography:*...

, released in 1962

1962 in film

The year 1962 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*May - The Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards are officially founded by the Taiwanese government....

 and inspired by the story of The Man in the Iron Mask, as well as the novels by Alexandre Dumas: The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, first serialized in March–July 1844. Set in the 17th century, it recounts the adventures of a young man named d'Artagnan after he leaves home to travel to Paris, to join the Musketeers of the Guard...

and Le Vicomte de Bragelonne.

Synopsis

Mazarin gives d'Artagnan

D'Artagnan

Charles Ogier de Batz de Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard and died at the Siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War. A fictionalized account of his life by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras formed the basis for the d'Artagnan Romances of...

 the mission to rescue the imprisoned brother of Louis XIV

Louis XIV of France

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.

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
  Henri Decoin
  Henri Decoin was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who competed for France in the men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 1908 Summer Olympics and the water polo tournament at the 1912 Summer Olympics.-Selected filmography:*...
  
  
• Writer : Laurent Devries, Gérald Devriès, Cécil Saint-Laurent after the works of Alexandre Dumas
• Producer : Roger de Broin
• Director of photography: Pierre Petit
  Pierre Petit
  Pierre Lanith Petit was a French photographer born in Aups, in Provence. He learned photography in Paris 'with' or better under orders of André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri in the 77 employees workshop...
  
  
• Music : Georges Van Parys
  Georges Van Parys
  Georges Van Parys was a French composer of film music and operettas. Among his musical influences were the group Les Six, Maurice Ravel, and Claude Debussy...
  
  
• Editing : Louisette Hautecoeur
• Scenery : Olivier Girard and Paul-Louis Boutié
• Genre : Adventure
• Length : 127 min
• Date of release: France
  France
  The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
  
   : 1962
  1962 in film
  The year 1962 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*May - The Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards are officially founded by the Taiwanese government....
  
  

Starring

• Jean Marais
  Jean Marais
  -Biography:A native of Cherbourg, France, Marais starred in several movies directed by Jean Cocteau, for a time his lover, most famously Beauty and the Beast and Orphée ....
  
   : d'Artagnan
• Jean-François Poron : Henri/Louis XIV
• Sylva Koscina
  Sylva Koscina
  Sylva Koscina was an Italian actress.-Biography:...
  
   : Marion
• Gisèle Pascal
  Gisèle Pascal
  Gisèle Pascal was a French actress and a former lover of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.She was born Gisèle Marie Madeleine Tallone at Cannes in France...
  
   : Mme de Chaulmes
• Jean Rochefort
  Jean Rochefort
  Jean Rochefort is a French actor, with a career that has spanned over five decades.Rochefort was born in Paris, France. He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen He was 19 years old when he entered the Centre d'Art Dramatique de la rue Blanche. Later he joined the Conservatoire National...
  
   : Lastréaumont
• Claudine Auger
  Claudine Auger
  Claudine Auger is a French actress best known for her role as Bond girl Dominique "Domino" Derval in the James Bond film Thunderball . She earned the title of Miss France Monde and was also the first runner-up in the 1958 Miss World contest.Born in Paris, France, she attended St...
  
   : Isabelle de Saint-Mars
• Germaine Montero : Anne d'Autriche
• Simone Derly : Marie Mancini
• Noël Roquevert
  Noël Roquevert
  Noël Roquevert was a French film actor. He appeared in over 180 films between 1932 and 1972.He was born in Doué-la-Fontaine, France and died in Douarnenez, France.-Selected filmography:* Le Corbeau...
  
   : Mr de Saint-Mars
• Jean Lara : Renaud de Lourmes
• Jean Davy
  Jean Davy
  -Career:He was a Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française.He was a French voice of Charlton Heston -Filmography:*L'équipage *Mayerling...
  
   : Maréchal de Turenne
• Raymond Gérôme : Pimentel
• Philippe Lemaire : Vaudreuil
• Enrico Maria Salerno
  Enrico Maria Salerno
  Enrico Maria Salerno was an Italian theatre & film actor, also a film director. He was also the voice of Clint Eastwood in the Italian version of Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy films, and the voice of Christ in The Gospel According to St...
  
   : Mazarin
• Clément Thierry : Maulévrier
• Max Montavon : le notaire