The King's Prisoner () is a 1954 Italian historical adventure film directed by Giorgio Venturini and starring Pierre Cressoy, Andrée Debar and Armando Francioli.Klossner p.301 It is based on the novel The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas.
The film's sets and costumes were designed by the art director Giancarlo Bartolini Salimbeni. It was shot in Ferraniacolor and earned around 269 million lira at the box office.Chiti & Poppi p.290
Cast Pierre Cressoy as Henri/Louis XIV Andrée Debar as Elisabeth de Moreuil Armando Francioli as Roland Xenia Valderi as Rosa Luigi Tosi as Carcan Marcello Giorda as La Rabaudière Nerio Bernardi as Saint-Maur Olga Solbelli as Regina Anna d'Austria (Anne of Austria) Adolfo Geri as La Tallier Sergio Bergonzelli Miranda Campa
References
Bibliography Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto. Dizionario del cinema italiano: Dal 1945 al 1959. Gremese Editore, 1991. Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.
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