The movie The Man In The Iron Mask is set in the 17th century, where
France is under the rule of King Louis XIV.
The city of Paris is in a state of turmoil as
most of the population is either starving or
sent to war. This has caused a huge uproar in
the city and riots are in full swing. However,
instead of fulfilling their demands, the king
locks the rioters in dilapidated prisons,
where they are left to die a slow and painful
death. Among them is an unknown man, who is known
by the nickname ‘the man in the iron mask.’
In the next scene, the leader of the Royal
Musketeer’s Group: D’Artagnan inspects
the city on his horse. Unfortunately,
he is quickly pelted with rocks as he works
for the king. Turns out that there were 4
popular Musketeers in the past, but only
D’Artagnan remains loyal to the king now.
As for the other three musketeers; Aramis has
become a reverend, Porthos has become a drunkard
who only cares about women and Athos has retired
to his farm. As Porthos and Aramis live together,
they often quarrel because of their contrasting
lifestyles. One day, while they are at it,
they are visited by D’Artagnan, who informs the
duo that the king wants to see them. Elsewhere,
Athos hands his son; Raoul, his wife’s ring, so
that he can propose to his girlfriend. Turns out
that Athos’s wife died long ago and his son
wants to become a musketeer just like him.
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The scene then cuts to the royal palace, where the
king is briefing his generals about an upcoming
war. Just then, one of his consultants; Pierre,
informs him about the riots in the city. He also
suggests they distribute the food from the army
reserves so that the riots will stop. However,
King Louis orders him to distribute rotten food
instead. Meanwhile, Aramis arrives at the palace
and the king welcomes him warmly. The king then
orders Aramis to find the leader of the Jesuits,
who has been causing civil unrest. Not only
that, he also orders the former Musketeer to
eliminate the so-called ‘traitor’ in the name of
God and France. Aramis is hesitant about the plan
but he has no choice but to agree.
Meanwhile, a special occasion is about to take
place inside the palace and several people have
arrived to be a part of it. Among the crowd, Raoul
is with his girlfriend; Christine. As the duo is
walking, the king spots Christine from afar and
gets smitten by her instantly. He then organizes
a game and separates Raoul from her girlfriend,
just as he is about to propose. As everyone is
busy with the game, the king draws Christine
near his palace and tries getting close to her.
However, Christine lets him know that she is
faithful to Raoul. Despite this, the king attempts
to kiss her but just then, they are distracted
by D’Artagnan, who has been watching them closely
from nearby. Suddenly, a Jesuit spy comes running
to assassinate King Louis but D’Artagnan manages
to eliminate him with his insane sword throw.
The king is taken aback by the incident
while Raoul quickly takes Christine away.
That night, D’Artagnan finds out that
Raoul has withdrawn his application
from the royal musketeer selection. Confused, he
visits Athos to find out the truth but the latter
is also oblivious about it. Soon, Raoul arrives
dejected, and informs the duo that he couldn’t
propose to Christine and now he has been drafted
for war against the dutch. This enrages Athos,
who suspects the greedy king of sending away his
son, so that he can have Christine all by himself.
D’Artagnan also feels sorry for the young man and
assures Athos that he will speak to the king.
In the next scene, a horde of rioters attack
the palace for distributing rotten food.
As things get out of control, the musketeers
get ready to fire at the rioters. However,
D’Artagnan stops them from doing so and
confronts the angry mob all alone. He then
flexes some of his sword moves and gains the
crowd’s trust. After this, he vows to everyone
that he will get them food soon and hearing this,
everyone disperses in an orderly manner. Later,
he enters a secret passage inside the palace
and informs the king that fresh food has to be
delivered to the mob. D’Artagnan also asks the
king about his intentions with Christine, but
the latter becomes unruly and replies that he can
do whatever he pleases, since he is the king.
Elsewhere, Raoul and his group are
preparing to invade the enemy’s territory.
But before advancing, he hands over a letter to
another general, requesting him to deliver it to
the royal palace. Soon, he leads the charge but
unfortunately, a ducth cannon explodes near him,
killing him instantly. The news of his death
quickly reaches Christine and his father,
and both of them break down in tears. However,
Athos develops a rage for vengeance, and he
heads to the palace to confront the king. On
reaching, he takes down several musketeers alone,
but D’Artagnan quickly subdues him. He then pleads
with his friend to calm down, so that he doesn’t
suffer the same fate his son did. Athos agrees to
walk away, but he vows to take revenge against the
king. Before leaving, he also calls D’Artagnan
a traitor for protecting his son’s killer.
Inside the palace, King Louis arranges a lavish
dinner for Christine but the latter can’t put
herself together to enjoy the meal as she still
mourns her lover’s death. However, Louis assures
her that all he wants is her happiness. He then
takes her to a private room and the duo start
making out. Meanwhile, Aramis gathers his old
musketeer friends inside the catacombs of Paris
and briefs them about his secret mission. He
reveals that king Louis has assigned him to
track down and eliminate the Jesuit leader,
before he can cause anymore riots. However,
the only problem is that he is the Jesuit leader
himself. The revelation stuns his friends,
but Athos and Porthos quickly agree
to support his plans. On the contrary,
D’Artagnan refuses to help them, as he is loyal
to the king. Hearing this, Athos bursts in anger,
and confronts D’Artagnan that if they ever cross
paths again, he will not hesitate to kill.
In the next scene, we are taken to the prison
of Bastille, where the man in the iron mask is
peeking at the open sky, wondering when he’ll
be out. Meanwhile, the three musketeer friends
arrive there on a boat, disguised as foreigners.
Aramis pretends to be a priest, and he manages
to enter the prisoner’s cell to read his monthly
prayers. Turns out that he’s carrying a corpse,
who’s wearing an iron mask, similar to that of
the prisoner. Aramis then hides the boy inside
his body and calls out the guards, telling
them that the prisoner died of a plague virus.
Scared, the guards immediately burn the
corpse, hence leaving no trace behind.
Following this, the group carefully escapes
the place and reaches a countryside house.
There, they cleanup the prisoner, and in a
shocking turn of events, he is revealed to
be King Louis’ twin brother; Philippe. Philippe
mentions that he used to live peacefully in a
farm but one day, some soldiers forcefully took
him away to a prison and confined him to a mask.
Later, Aramis finally reveals the truth
to him. Turns out that after his mother;
Anne, gave birth to the twins, their father;
King Louis XIII, decided to discard one son
to avoid any territorial conflicts between them.
As a result, Phillipe was hidden far away in the
prison of Bastille. Only on his death day, the
king revealed it to his wife and his other son;
King Louis XIV. Anne desperately tried to bring
her son back, but the greedy king made sure his
twin brother would never see the light again, by
concealing his face with an iron mask. Moreover,
Aramis reveals that he was the one who put the
mask on Philippe. He is sorry for the atrocities
Philippe has been through and vows to restore
his birthright by replacing him with King Louis.
However, his friends are skeptical about the
plan as they think it is too dangerous.
Back in the palace, king Louis gets a message
informing his twin’s death, but he is unconcerned
by it. He then asks his men to deliver the
news to his mother and opens another box.
There, he finds the iron mask and gets taken
aback. Meanwhile, after getting the news,
Anne breaks down in tears, but D’Artagnan
approaches and consoles her. Here, it is
revealed that they had a romantic affair before
D’Artagnan chose to become loyal to the king.
Elsewhere in the countryside, the three
friends try to convince Phillipe to be
a part of their plan but he refuses. He
claims that he doesn’t want to pretend
to be someone else and wants to live his life
free. However, he agrees when the musketeers
share their dream of a unified France, where all
the people can live peacefully. Following this,
the three start teaching Philippe on how to act
like a king and they practice day and night.
Meanwhile, as Christine finally starts
getting used to the royalty of the palace,
she suddenly gets the letter that Raoul
had sent for her before dying. There,
Raoul has predicted his death and also mentioned
that he forgives her for being with the king. The
letter devastates Christine and she realizes
that the king orchestrated her lover’s death.
Elsewhere, Aramis meets Anne at a confessional
and mentions that Phillipe is alive.
In the next scene, the royal palace is hosting a
masquerade ball, where hundreds of nobel people
are dancing elegantly. Aramis, Athos, Porthos and
Philippe also arrive, disguised in fancy costumes.
When the king joins the crowd to dance, he starts
seeing several people with iron masks, making him
dizzy. Turns out that the musketeers had planned
it all along. When the king enters his room, the
group takes the opportunity and sneaks inside from
the secret entrance. There, Aramis confronts the
king and knocks him unconscious. When he wakes up,
he finds his brother; Philippe, dressed like the
king. Before he can call for help, he is gagged
and covered by Porthos while Philippe nervously
leaves the room to confront the crowd.
Outside, as Philippe sits on the throne for
the first time, Christine suddenly confronts
him and calls him a killer. However, Instead
of apprehending her like Louis normally would, he
calms her down by promising to make things right
again. This surprises the crowd and D’Artagnan
also begins to suspect him. He then orders all the
guards to be on high alert and escorts
Philippe to the underground dock. Downstairs,
the three musketeers along with Louis make their
way to the port where their boat awaits. Suddenly,
they are spotted by the guards and a lengthy
tussle ensues. Despite being outnumbered, the
three musketeers show exemplary fighting skills
and manage to swat away the bad guys. However, as
they are about to escape, the door closes and they
are caught by the guards, led by D’Artagnan. The
friends have an intense face-off but just then,
Athos uncovers king Louis’ face and threatens to
kill him. D’Artagnan is shocked by the imposter,
and he orders his guards to open the gate.
Following this, the two groups trade the boys
and as the musketeers are about to depart with
Philippe, the guards again recapture him, forcing
Athos, Porthos and Aramis to flee alone.
Inside the palace, king Louis stares at Philippe
angrily and reveals to D’Artagnan that the boy is
not an imposter, but his own brother. Hearing
this, D’Artagnan is taken aback. Just then,
Anne enters the room and both she and D’Artagnan
start begging the king to pardon Philippe. Despite
all this, the greedy king orders his men to
throw Philippe in the same prison, with the
same mask over his face. Later, as D’Artagnan
is trying to console Anne, he suddenly hears a
scream from the other room. On reaching there,
he finds out that Christine has committed the
unthinkable. D’Artagnan becomes devastated
but Louis couldn’t care less about it.
Elsewhere, Philippe is fitted with the iron mask
again and the special key is handed over to king
Louis. Meanwhile, the three musketeers somehow
evade the guards and enter a room, where they
find a note left by D’Artagnan. It writes that
he has arranged a 10 minute window for them,
with the help of which they can save Philippe.
At first, the trio assumes it to be a trap,
but after much consideration, they conclude that
their old friend would never betray them. Hence,
they suit up in their famous musketeer costume
and head to the said location to save Philippe.
In the next scene, the trio meets D’Artagnan at a
prison and together they manage to find Philippe.
As they try to escape, Louis along with his men
block all the entrances. Left with no way out,
the four musketeers bring back the old days and
start battling against Louis’ men. Despite being
outnumbered, they use their impressive
skills and subdue the soldiers. However,
more men arrive and the musketeers along with
Philippe are forced to escape to another room.
There, Philippe requests the group to
give him up, so that they can be spared,
but D’Artagnan reveals that he could never give
up his son. Here, it is revealed that both Louis
and Philippe were born to D’Artagnan and Anne,
while they were having an affair. Meanwhile,
Louis asks the group to surrender but
much to his surprise, the musketeers
charge at them with tremendous courage. Even
Louis’ guards are left in awe of their valor,
so they hold back their weapons in respect.
Seeing this, king Louis becomes enraged and
swings a dagger at Philippe, but D’Artagnan
gets in the way and takes the hit. Sadly,
he passes away among his friends, sons and army
generals. Philippe is left devastated but soon,
he swaps clothes with his brother and puts him
in an iron mask. He then orders the guards to
take the imposter away and announces that Aramis,
Athos and Porthos are his new royal advisors.
In the final scene of the movie, King Philippe,
disguised as King Louis XIV, along with the three
musketeers attend D’Artagnan’s funeral. There,
Philippe approaches Athos and expresses his
desire to be his son, and the latter gladly
agrees. The movie ends as it is revealed
that after Philippe took over, France became
a prosperous and powerful nation.
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