---
title: 'The Fifth Musketeer (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ken Annakin'
released: '1979-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Austria'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-fifth-musketeer-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079152/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Fifth Musketeer (1979)

1979 · 105 min · Drama, Adventure · Germany, United Kingdom, Austria


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ken Annakin](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-annakin)
- **Screenplay:** [David Ambrose](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-ambrose)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Riz Ortolani](https://cinepixo.com/people/riz-ortolani)
- **Producer:** [Ted Richmond](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-richmond)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack Cardiff](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-cardiff)
- **Editor:** [Malcolm Cooke](https://cinepixo.com/people/malcolm-cooke)

## Cast

- [Olivia de Havilland](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivia-de-havilland) as Anne of Austria
- [Patrick Pinney](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-pinney) as Captain of the Guards
- [Cissy Kraner](https://cinepixo.com/people/cissy-kraner)
- [Lloyd Bridges](https://cinepixo.com/people/lloyd-bridges) as Aramis
- [Helmut Dantine](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-dantine) as the Spanish Ambassador
- [Ian McShane](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-mcshane) as Nicolas Fouquet
- [Stephan Paryla-Raky](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephan-paryla-raky)
- [Alan Hale, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-hale-jr) as Porthos
- [Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-neumann-viertel)
- [Beau Bridges](https://cinepixo.com/people/beau-bridges) as Louis XIV of France
- [Michael Janisch](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-janisch)
- [Ursula Andress](https://cinepixo.com/people/ursula-andress) as Louise de La Vallière
- [Rex Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/rex-harrison) as Jean-Baptiste Colbert
- [Cornel Wilde](https://cinepixo.com/people/cornel-wilde) as D'Artagnan
- [José Ferrer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-ferrer) as Athos

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