Corrected entry: I'm sure everyone knows that the movie was based upon a true incident in France at the time of King Louis XIV. What people do not know however is that the prisoner, originally did not wear an iron mask, but instead wore a leather mask. There was also two guards in the cell with him all of the time and were ordered to kill the prisoner if he ever took his mask off.
Krista
30th Jun 2004
Correction: Although there was a similar incident in real life, such errors should be overlooked since the movie is in fact based on the book "The Man in the Iron Mask" by Alexandre Dumas - a work of fiction.
Krista