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
Philippe Charles, Duke of Anjou Philippe Charles, Duke of Anjou Philippe-Charles of France, Duke of Anjou (5 August 1668 – 10 July 1671) was the fifth child and second son of Louis XIV, King of France and his wife, the Infanta Maria Teresa of Spain, and as such was a "Fils de France". Philippe-Charles de France was born at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris, and titled "duc d'Anjou" at birth, a title previously held by Philippe de France, "duc d'Orléans", his uncle and the younger brother of Louis XIV. He was baptised at the "Chapelle des Tuileries à Paris" on . As a younger