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4	''The Iron Mask'' (''Le Masque de Fer'') is a 1962 French {{swashbuckler}} film directed by Henri Decoin. It is loosely based on ''Le Vicomte de Bragelonne'' (the second sequel to ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'') by Creator/AlexandreDumas.
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6	In 17th century kingdom of France, Henri (Jean-François Poron), a mysterious prisoner wearing an iron mask, escapes from the isle of Sainte-Marguerite. It turns out he is the hidden twin brother of King UsefulNotes/LouisXIV ([[PlayingTheirOwnTwin also played by]] Jean-François Poron), and a bunch of conspirators want to use him to replace the king and take over the kingdom. But Henri wants none of it and only wishes to live as far as possible from all of this with Isabelle de Saint-Mars (Creator/ClaudineAuger), the young woman he loves.
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8	Enters D'Artagnan (Creator/JeanMarais), who's been tasked by UsefulNotes/CardinalMazarin (Enrico Maria Salerno) to bring the Iron Mask to Paris. He must now solve this mess.
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10	!!''The Iron Mask'' provides examples of:
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12	* ActorAllusion: At one point, D'Artagnan disguises himself as a hunchback to avoid being chased by maréchaussée soldiers. Creator/JeanMarais previously played a nobleman disguising himself as a hunchback in ''Film/{{Le Bossu\|1959}}''.
13	* AdaptedOut: The Three Musketeers -- Athos, Porthos and Aramis -- are nowhere to be seen.
14	* AndTheAdventureContinues: At the end, just when D'Artagnan earns a well deserved private moment with his love, Madame de Chaulmes, he gets a new assignment ''yet again'', and leaves again.
15	* BoisterousBruiser: D'Artagnan brags quite [[LargeHam hammily]], and kicks ass.
16	* ComedicSpanking: D'Artagnan spanks Isabelle de Saint-Mars to punish her for lying about Henri to him in order to cover the latter's escape.
17	* {{Fainting}}: Happens to Isabelle when Henri is being shot at on a roof. Then it happens again when she sees King Louis XIV's face, as he is Henri's hidden twin brother.
18	* LargeHam: Jean Marais had the time of his life hamming it up when playing D'Artagnan.
19	* LighterAndSofter: Without ever veering into parody, the film had significantly more humor than most French swashbuckler films of the time (including those based on Alexandre Dumas' ''D'Artagnan Romances'' and Jean Marais' [[Film/LeBossu1959 own]] [[Film/LeCapitan previous]] [[Film/LeCapitaineFracasse films]] in the genre), and much less people (if any) get skewered by swords in it. It is perhaps the most lighthearted ManInTheIronMask film overall as well.
20	* ManInTheIronMask: One of the most faithful elements to the story from ''Le Vicomte de Bragelonne'' in that the prisoner with the iron mask is Louis XIV's hidden twin brother.
21	* MasterSwordsman: D'Artagnan, of course.
22	* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: It's safe to say that Jean Marais' few attempts at a Gascon accent didn't work out that well.
23	* OldSoldier: D'Artagnan is quite far from the days when he met the Three Musketeers by this point. But he's also far from being out of shape.
24	* RunningGag: D'Artagnan ''badly'' wants intimate moments with Madame de Chaulmes. He keeps [[MomentKiller getting interrupted or getting called upon for a mission]] whenever he has such moments.

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