The Man in the Iron Mask (1977 film) The Man in the Iron Mask (1977 film) The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1977 television film loosely adapted from "The Vicomte de Bragelonne" by Alexandre Dumas and presenting several plot similarities with the 1939 film version. It was produced by Norman Rosemont for ITC Entertainment, and starred Richard Chamberlain as King Louis XIV and his twin Philippe, Patrick McGoohan as Nicolas Fouquet, Ralph Richardson as Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis Jourdan as D'Artagnan, and Ian Holm as the Chevalier Duval. Jenny Agutter plays Louis XIV's mistress, Louise de la Vallière and Vivien Merchant appears as Queen Marie-Therese. It was
Louis XIV of France after the death of Cardinal Mazarin. The film, "Le Roi Danse" (2000; translated: "The King Dances"), directed by Gérard Corbiau, reveals Louis through the eyes of Jean-Baptiste Lully, his court musician. Julian Sands portrayed Louis in Roland Jaffe's "Vatel" (2000). Alan Rickman directed, co-wrote, and stars as Louis XIV in the film, "A Little Chaos", which centers on construction in the gardens of Versaille, at the time immediately before and after the death of Queen Maria Theresa. The 2016 film "The Death of Louis XIV", directed by Albert Serra, is set during the last two weeks of Louis XIV's life