The Count of Monte Cristo
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Release: 1954-01-14
·Runtime: 183m
·★ 6.7
Adventure
Drama
Romance
Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe 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 Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him...
Production Countries
France
Italy
Production Companies
La Société des Films Sirius
Les Productions Jacques Roitfeld
CineRoma
Cast
Jean Marais
as Edmond Dantès
Lia Amanda
as Mercédès Herrera
Daniel Ivernel
as Gaspard Caderousse
Folco Lulli
as Jacopo
Louis Seigner
as Monsieur Joannès
Paolo Stoppa
as Bertuccio
Claude Génia
as La Carconte
Simone Paris
as Émilienne de Beaugency
Cristina Grado
as Haydée
Jacques Castelot
as Gérard Noirtier, Count of Villefort, the King's Prosecutor
Noël Roquevert
as Monsieur Noirtier, General of the Empire, Father of Gérard
Roger Pigaut
as Fernand Mondego, Husband of Mercédès
Jean Témerson
as Louis XVIII
France Asselin
as Madame Renée de Villefort
Julien Bertheau
as Napoleon
Daniel Cauchy
as Bruno
Jean-Pierre Mocky
as Albert de Morcerf
André Brunot
as Monsieur Morel
Gualtiero Tumiati
as Abbé Faria
Marcel Journet
as President of the House of Peers
