12 Feb 2008
Standard Operating Procedure
Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.
The Face Behind the Mask
This dramatized short film describes the historical mystery of France's "man in the iron mask". King Louis XIV imprisoned a man who was never identified, but who was forced to wear an iron mask for the length of his captivity, which ended only in his death. Several candidates for the identity of the man are investigated.
Top Billed Cast
John Nesbitt Narrator (voice)
Carlos De Valdez Bit Part (uncredited)
Jack Deery Bit Part (uncredited)
Ivo Henderson Bit Part (uncredited)
Mary Howard La Vallière, The King's Sweetheart (uncredited)
George W. Jimenez Spanish King (uncredited)
Edward Keane Nicholas Fouquet (uncredited)
Michael Mark Peasant (uncredited)
Andre Marsaudon Bit Part (uncredited)
Thomas R. Mills Governor (uncredited)
Leonard Penn Louis XIV, The Man in the Iron Mask (uncredited)
George Sorel Count Mattioli (uncredited)
E. Alyn Warren Bit Part (uncredited)
Lyons Wickland The Mask (uncredited)
Harry Worth Louis XIII (uncredited)
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