The Fifth Musketeer
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The Fifth Musketeer is a 1979 German-Austrian film adaptation of the last section of the 1847–1850 novel The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas, père, which is itself based on the French legend of the Man in the Iron Mask. It was released in Europe with the alternative title Behind the Iron Mask.
The Fifth Musketeer | |
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Directed by | Ken Annakin |
Written by | David Ambrose George Bruce |
Based on | novel The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas, père |
Produced by | Ted Richmond |
Starring | Sylvia Kristel Ursula Andress Beau Bridges Cornel Wilde Ian McShane Alan Hale Jr. Lloyd Bridges |
Edited by | Malcolm Cooke |
Music by | Riz Ortolani |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 104 min (US) 116 min (UK) |
Language | English |
Budget | $7 million[1] |
It was directed by Ken Annakin, and stars Beau Bridges as the twins (Louis XIV and Philippe of Gascony), Sylvia Kristel as Maria Theresa, Ursula Andress as Louise de La Vallière, Cornel Wilde as d'Artagnan, Ian McShane as Fouquet, Rex Harrison as Colbert (Philippe's tutor), and Lloyd Bridges, José Ferrer and Alan Hale Jr. as the Three Musketeers.
Olivia de Havilland made her final theatrical film role in a cameo appearance as the Queen Mother.