The Count of Monte Cristo
Written byAlexandre Dumas, père (novel)
Didier Decoin
Directed byJosée Dayan
StarringGérard Depardieu
Music byBruno Coulais
Country of originFrance
Italy
Original languageFrench
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
ProducerJean-Pierre Guérin
CinematographyVittorio Storaro
Running time100 minutes (per episode)
Original release
Release7 September 1998 (1998-09-07)

The Count of Monte Cristo (a.k.a. Le Comte de Monte Cristo) is a French-Italian four-part miniseries based on the 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père.

Plot

Edmond Dantès is falsely accused of Bonapartism and sentenced to spend the rest of his life imprisoned in the dreaded Château d'If, an island fortress from which no prisoner has ever escaped, and to which the most dangerous political prisoners are sent. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbé Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbé tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbé dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body to find the treasure Abbé told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.

Cast

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