Le Comte de Monte Cristo (1961)
Directed by Claude Autant-Lara
Adventure / Drama
aka: The Story of the Count of Monte Cristo
Le Comte de Monte Cristo (1961)
Film Synopsis
A young sailor, Edmond Dantès, is to marry his beloved Mercédès but on the day of his engagement he is arrested for treason, the victim of a plot by those who envy his good fortune. Imprisoned on the island of Yf, where he is to spend the rest of his life, Dantès meets a fellow prisoner, Abbé Faria, who tells him the location of a fabulous treasure. When Faria dies, many years later, Dantès disguises himself as the body and manages to escape from the island prison. Having recovered the lost treasure, he returns to take revenge on those who had him arrested.© James Travers
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Film Credits
- Director: Claude Autant-Lara
- Script: Jean Halain, Alexandre Dumas père (novel)
- Cinematographer: Jean Isnard, Jacques Natteau
- Music: René Cloërec
- Cast: Louis Jourdan (Edmond Dantès), Yvonne Furneaux (Mercédès), Pierre Mondy (Caderousse), Bernard Dhéran (Le procureur Henri de Villefort), Franco Silva (Mario), Claudine Coster (Haydée), Jean-Claude Michel (Fernand de Mortcerf), Yves Rénier (Albert de Mortcerf), Marie Mergey (Madame Caderousse), Jean Martinelli (Vidocq), Henri Guisol (L'abbé Faria), Alain Ferral (Benedetto), Roldano Lupi (Morel), Henri Vilbert (Danyès), Georges Lannes (Le président), Jean-Jacques Delbo, Paul Amiot, Henri Arius, André Dalibert, Chantal de Rieux
- Country: Italy / France
- Language: French
- Support: Color
- Runtime: 180 min
- Aka: The Story of the Count of Monte Cristo
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