How many movies are there about Iron Mask, the famous mask?

now in the distant 1998 it came out iron maskThe film, directed by Randall Wallace, is inspired by a true story. The cast includes such(a) names as Gérard Depardieu, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich. Leonardo Dicaprio and Gabriel Byrne.

But apart from this cult, how many movies are there about the famous Iron Mask?

When we talk about Black Mask, we get the following titles:

• iron mask (1929 film)
• masque de fer (1962 film, French)
• Viy 2: Journey to China ,Russian-Chinese film of 2019)
• (obviously also iron mask since 1998 with Leonardo DiCaprio)

The first refers to the film directed by Alan Dwan, and is a film adaptation of the novel. Vicomte de Bragelon by Alexandre Dumas, It is also inspired by the French legend of the man with the iron mask.

was second directed by Henri DeCoin, and it is also inspired by Dumas’s novel. The cast included Jean Marais, Silva Cosquina, Jean Rochefort and Germán Monteiro (to name a few).

Sequel to Viy (2014), comes the third directed by Oleg Stepchenko and follows the adventures of Jonathan Green (Jason Fleming), a cartographer who travels between England and China on his magical mission.

Have you seen any of these movies? If so, leave us a comment letting us know which one you liked the most! In the meantime, we refer you to our review of Iron Mask.