King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son – an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain to be raised in secret to ensure a peaceful future for France.
The Iron Mask 1929 HD by Allan Dwan | Adventure film | Douglas Fairbanks, Belle Bennett & Dorothy Revier
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King Louis XIII of France is thrilled when his son is born–an heir to the throne. But his Queen has actually delivered twin boys. Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain to be raised in secret to ensure a peaceful future for France. Alas, keeping the secret means sending Constance, lover of D’Artagnan, off to a convent. D’Artagnan hears of this and rallies the Musketeers in a bid to rescue her. Unfortunately, Richelieu outsmarts the Musketeers and banishes them forever. Richelieu enlists D’Artagnan to look after and protect the young prince. Meanwhile, de Rochefort learns of the twins and Richelieu’s plans, and kidnaps the twin, raising him in secret. Many years later, with Richelieu dead and the young prince crowned King Louis XIV, Rochefort launches his plan. The king is kidnapped, replaced with his twin, put in an iron mask so as not to be recognized, and led off to a remote castle to be held prisoner. Louis XIV is able to alert D’Artagnan, who realizes that only his friends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis can help him, so he reunites the Musketeers to derail Rochefort’s nefarious plot but at a heavy toll.
The Iron Mask is a 1929 American part-talkie adventure film directed by Allan Dwan. It is an adaptation of the last section of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of The Man in the Iron Mask.
Cast
- Douglas Fairbanks – D’Artagnan
- Belle Bennett – The Queen Mother
- Marguerite De La Motte – Constance Bonacieux
- Dorothy Revier – Milady de Winter
- Vera Lewis – Madame Peronne
- Rolfe Sedan – Louis XIII
- William Bakewell – Louis XIV/Twin Brother
- Gordon Thorpe – Young Prince/Twin Brother
- Nigel De Brulier – Cardinal Richelieu
- Ullrich Haupt (Sr.) – Count De Rochefort
- Lon Poff – Father Joseph: the Queen’s Confessor
- Charles Stevens (actor) – Planchet: D’Artagnan’s Servant
- Henry Otto – the King’s Valet
- Leon Bary – Athos
- Tiny Sandford – Porthos (*Stanley J. Sandford)
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