The Story of the Count of Monte Cristo
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Claude Autant-lara
Louis Jourdan
Yvonne Furneaux
Pierre Mondy
Franco Silva
Bernard Dhéran
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Synopsis
In 19th-century Marseilles, seaman Edmond Dantès is condemned to life imprisonment for conspiring with Bonapartists to return the exiled Napoleon from Elba. This false accusation and unjust sentence are brought about through the maneuvers of Caderousse, a man envious of Dantès' position; Fernand de Mortcerf, who is in love with Dantès' fiancée, Mercedes; and Villefort, an ambitious magistrate who must eliminate Dantès in order to advance his own career. After being imprisoned in the Château d'If for 17 years, Dantès escapes and, with the map of a dead prisoner, recovers a vast treasure buried on the island of Monte Cristo. Returning to Marseilles as the Count of Monte Cristo, he takes revenge on Caderousse, Villefort, and de Mortcerf, who married Mercedes after she became convinced of Dantès' death. Dantès then sails off alone to erase the unhappy memories of his past.
Director
Claude Autant-lara
Cast
Louis Jourdan
Yvonne Furneaux
Pierre Mondy
Franco Silva
Bernard Dhéran
Jean-claude Michel
Jean Martinelli
Claudine Coster
Henri Guisol
Marie Mergey
Yves Renier
Alain Ferral
Lupi Roldano
Henri Vilbert
Jean-jacques Delbo
Crew
Ghislaine Autant-lara
Georges Charlot
René Cloerec
Rosine Delamare
Max Douy
René Forget
Madeleine Gug
Jean Halain
Jean Isnard
René Modiano
Jacques Natteau
Seven Arts Associated Corp.
Jean-jacques Vital
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Opened in Paris in December 1961 as Le comte de Monte Cristo; running time: 180 min; in Rome in April 1962 as Il conte di Montecristo; running time: 120 min. Also reviewed as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Story of Monte Cristo.
