La Maschera di ferro
Paese d'origine: UK USA
Location del set: Fontainebleau Castle, France Pierrefonds Castle, France Vaux-le-Vicomte Castle, France
Versioni alternative: - The theatrical trailer contains some material which was not included in the finished film. In the scene where D'Artagnan faces the rioters in front of the palace, a cabbage is thrown at him (in addition to the rotten tomato seen in the movie). He slices it with his sword and declares "I'm working my way up to a salad." Also included in the trailer is a shot of Porthos looking up and being hit in the eye by a bird dropping. In the film, he does not look up and the dropping lands on his hat.
Genere: Action Adventure Drama
Lingue: English
Plot: 1662. Paris starves while youthful Louis XIV debauches young women and wastes the treasury on war. The captain of his guard, D'Artagnan, protects him from conspirators. Louis casts his eye on penniless Christine, the sweetheart of Raoul, a soldier and only son of retired musketeer, Athos. To have Christine, Louis sends Raoul to harm's way on the front. To kill the leader of the conspirators, the king calls in ex-musketeer Aramis, now a priest, accompanied by the Falstaffian Porthos. The queen mother, in widow's weeds, grieves in her chapel, and in the Bastille rots a solitary prisoner, face locked in an iron mask. Perfidy, silence, loyalty, rage, and guilt are set to collide. In 1638 Queen Anne of France gives Birth to a boy, who will inherit the throne one day. But, only known to few, there is a twin brother born minutes later. 22 years later, King Louis XIV rules the country of France, but due to his lifestyle and the costs of war, people are forced to suffer hunger and poverty. Of the Musketeers, who had served his father Louis XIII faithfully, only one is still on the king's side: D'Artagnan, the Capitain of the king's guards. His three companions Aramis, Athos and Porthos have retired into civil life long ago. One day on a royal party, the young and unliked king gets a crush on Christine. This young lady is the fiancé of soldier Raoul, the son of Athos. Without further ado, the king has Raoul recruited and sent to war, so that he himself can take care of her. Soon Raoul dies in combat and the king has him out of the way. But Athos, Aramis and Porthos think of a plan to take revenge on the king. Aramis points out that there is a man in an iron mask in a very secure prison, and that this man's existance can solve all present problems. So they free the king's hidden twin brother, and tell him who he is, as he of course feels free of guilt and has no idea whatsoever why he was imprisoned for 6 years with this mask forged around his head. The plan now is to replace the evil king with his brother at a masquerade party held soon. Only D'Artagnan still is guarding the king and so he has to turn against his old friends...
Visti censura internazionale: Argentina:13 Belgium:KT Finland:K-12/9 France:U Germany:12 Mexico:B Netherlands:12 Norway:11 Portugal:M/12 Singapore:PG Sweden:11 Switzerland:12 Switzerland:12 UK:12 USA:PG-13
Date di uscita internazionali:
| Argentina:7 May 1998 |
| Australia:2 April 1998 |
| Belgium:1 April 1998 |
| Brazil:17 April 1998 |
| Canada:13 March 1998 |
| Denmark:27 March 1998 |
| Estonia:22 May 1998 |
| Finland:10 April 1998 |
| France:1 April 1998 |
| Germany:9 April 1998 |
| Hungary:16 April 1998 |
| Iceland:8 April 1998 |
| Indonesia:6 June 1998 |
| Ireland:20 March 1998 |
| Israel:21 March 1998 |
| Japan:8 August 1998 |
| Kuwait:24 June 1998 |
| Mexico:8 April 1998 |
| Netherlands:26 March 1998 |
| Portugal:10 April 1998 |
| Russia:29 April 1998 |
| Singapore:2 April 1998 |
| Slovakia:7 May 1998 |
| South Africa:17 July 1998 |
| South Korea:4 April 1998 |
| Spain:10 April 1998 |
| Sweden:3 April 1998 |
| Thailand:10 April 1998 |
| UK:20 March 1998 |
| USA:13 March 1998 |
| Portugal:8 April 1998 | (premiere) |
| CAM:Panavision Cameras and Lenses |
| OFM:35 mm |
| PCS:Spherical |
| PFM:35 mm |
| RAT:1.85 : 1 |
| LAB:Laboratoires GTC, Joinville, France | (dailies) |
| Dolby Digital |
| DTS |
| SDDS |
| Argentina:132 |
| Canada:132 |
| Japan:132 |
| USA:132 |
Cast & Credits
distribuzione cinematografica nazionale:
argentina video home (avh)
lusomundo
mgm (metro-goldwyn-mayer) (aka mgm-ua)
mgm-ua home entertainment inc.
united artists
united international pictures (uip)
produzione cinematografica: united artists united artists corporation ltd.
produttore cinematografico: hitchcock paul dupont rené ladd jr. alan smith russell (iv)
regista: wallace randall
attore: di caprio leonardo irons jeremy malkovich john depardieu gerard byrne gabriel parillaud anne godrèche judith atterton edward sarsgaard peter laurie hugh lowe david (ii) boucher brigitte jocelyn matthew belly karine guttierez emmanuel erickson christian montagut francois wallace andrew auclert cécile backers sonia nemeth vincent sheridan joe hémon olivier morris michael (ii) patron emmanuel varela leonor (i) hofland michael fraser laura (ii) auber brigitte brissart jean-pol
direttore della fotografia: suschitzky peter
scenografia: pratt anthony
montaggio: hoy william
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: wallace randall dumas alexandre (padre)
costumi: acheson james (i)
effetti speciali ottici: digiscope the post group pacific ocean post digital film group
troupe varia: bouladoux sylvain fowler bruce hobbs william de rossi giannetto joujou gladys almaraz johnny amundsen mitchell baker jon (i) berreby myer bonnet jean-pierre bouillon-pommerolle françoise burritt gary cadiou paul caillet erick chih touffik clarke silannon creed sara culbert colette danforth mercedes de l'epître philippe duben vladimir duchaillut florent porter christopher benson terry loukakis alexis luraschi mario arnault ève-marie pointing richard eisen andrew s. becker klemens habans henri fowler walt glennie-smith nick jones sally lang elizabeth mcgoohan anne noir gil escoffier simone fitzgerald eric fourgeaud vanessa fraser vic frees jean-yves freess charlie george etienne glemin franck (iii) greene frederic griffiths isobel gérard muriel harris naomi helmiger sara hughes tony (ii) jones sue (ii) keating john lafosse marie-cristine le poulain alexia le poulain jean-yves lis rosemary lukes lidia maier claudia schon mandeville martin mcintosh ladd mcneill dennis michel éric (ii) mieke sascha moncel denis moriarty suzette mutrel véronique navarro darrin nove felicity pannetier gil patin monique patrick jennifer pruss william pulliat françois péaud raphaël rende krystel rhodes berkely richardson frances rivier vincent royant lilane schon maier claudia sculier jeanine segond luc shepherd richard stefano pierre-louis de sweetman dan talandier timothee terry ken vaguelsy pascal wallace christine cullen weibel stephane wilson-dixon julia
varie ecomond press: hollywood title services locatette cinema research corporation cts, london soundelux the village, los angeles
produzione cinematografica: united artists united artists corporation ltd.
produttore cinematografico: hitchcock paul dupont rené ladd jr. alan smith russell (iv)
regista: wallace randall
attore: di caprio leonardo irons jeremy malkovich john depardieu gerard byrne gabriel parillaud anne godrèche judith atterton edward sarsgaard peter laurie hugh lowe david (ii) boucher brigitte jocelyn matthew belly karine guttierez emmanuel erickson christian montagut francois wallace andrew auclert cécile backers sonia nemeth vincent sheridan joe hémon olivier morris michael (ii) patron emmanuel varela leonor (i) hofland michael fraser laura (ii) auber brigitte brissart jean-pol
direttore della fotografia: suschitzky peter
scenografia: pratt anthony
montaggio: hoy william
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: wallace randall dumas alexandre (padre)
costumi: acheson james (i)
effetti speciali ottici: digiscope the post group pacific ocean post digital film group
troupe varia: bouladoux sylvain fowler bruce hobbs william de rossi giannetto joujou gladys almaraz johnny amundsen mitchell baker jon (i) berreby myer bonnet jean-pierre bouillon-pommerolle françoise burritt gary cadiou paul caillet erick chih touffik clarke silannon creed sara culbert colette danforth mercedes de l'epître philippe duben vladimir duchaillut florent porter christopher benson terry loukakis alexis luraschi mario arnault ève-marie pointing richard eisen andrew s. becker klemens habans henri fowler walt glennie-smith nick jones sally lang elizabeth mcgoohan anne noir gil escoffier simone fitzgerald eric fourgeaud vanessa fraser vic frees jean-yves freess charlie george etienne glemin franck (iii) greene frederic griffiths isobel gérard muriel harris naomi helmiger sara hughes tony (ii) jones sue (ii) keating john lafosse marie-cristine le poulain alexia le poulain jean-yves lis rosemary lukes lidia maier claudia schon mandeville martin mcintosh ladd mcneill dennis michel éric (ii) mieke sascha moncel denis moriarty suzette mutrel véronique navarro darrin nove felicity pannetier gil patin monique patrick jennifer pruss william pulliat françois péaud raphaël rende krystel rhodes berkely richardson frances rivier vincent royant lilane schon maier claudia sculier jeanine segond luc shepherd richard stefano pierre-louis de sweetman dan talandier timothee terry ken vaguelsy pascal wallace christine cullen weibel stephane wilson-dixon julia
varie ecomond press: hollywood title services locatette cinema research corporation cts, london soundelux the village, los angeles