Riche, le jeune homme organise sa vengeance contre ceux qui lont fait condamner. He quickly falls under the spell of an enigmatic gentleman the count of monte cristo. The count of monte cristo is a remake of the alexander dumas tale by the same name. Edmond dantes est prisonnier depuis vingt ans au chateau dif lorsquil. Monte cristo is a 1922 american silent drama film produced and distributed by fox film corporation and directed by emmett j. The count of monte cristo tv series 19981998 the movie. Edmond dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in. En 1815, a leur arrivee sur lile delbe ou est emprisonne napoleon bonaparte. The butchery of the script was benign relative to the recent hollywood remake a complete disaster it was a nice film about something, but it was not the count of monte cristo. Judging the film on its own merits, it probably would have earned 5 stars. The count of monte cristo is a 2002 historical adventure drama film produced by roger birnbaum, gary barber, and jonathan glickman and directed by kevin. Im a big fan of dumas the count of monte cristo, and read an unabridged version the penguin classics edition about 2 years ago. Jan 25, 2002 the count of monte cristo is such an underrated gem.
The count of monte cristo 1998 miniseries wikipedia. Films based on the count of monte cristo television programmes based on works by alexandre dumas. 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 dif. Met gerard depardieu, ornella muti en jean rochefort. Il ritorno di montecristo the return of monte cristo, film diretto da henry levin, con louis hayward. Dantes is imprisoned on the island prison of chateau dif for years, where he plots revenge against those who betrayed him.
It is one of the few actually maybe even the only more recent film that captured the feel of the great classic adventure movies. The film was presented to the french public in two parts. It is based on the novel the count of monte cristo by alexandre dumas, which was adapted by 19th century thespian charles fechter and written for this screen version by bernard mcconville. While imprisoned, he meets the abbe faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. A tv miniseries adaptation of the classic alexandre dumas novel.
It was written in 1844 and is now in the public domain. It is one of the authors more popular works, along with the three musketeers. Fernand mondego is in love with dantess fiancee and so covets his amorous. Rien ne larrete, desormais, pour assouvir sa froide et implacable vengeance. Inspire du roman dalexandre dumas, le film relate les aventures dedmond. One of the main drawbacks to this film for me was the french dialogue. A film adaptation of the classic alexandre dumas novel. The work, which is set during the time of the bourbon restoration in france. Dantes, a sailor who is falsely accused of treason by his best friend fernand, who wants dantes girlfriend mercedes for himself.
Moreover, it stays close to the source material, which is perhaps my favorite novel of all time. The count of monte cristo is a 1961 frenchitalian film version of the eponymous novel directed by claude autantlara. Saw this was on here but the songs were individual videos, and i thought well shite, youtubes playlist function is garbage and i happen to have the cd so. The count of monte cristo letterboxd your life in film. Il conte di montecristo the count of monte cristo, film diretto da rowland v. Youtube may take down this video for infringement at any given time. Jim caviezel and guy pearce give sizzling performances in the count of monte cristo the greatest tale of betrayal, adventure, and. Lee 2 et interprete par les acteurs robert donat, elissa landi et louis calhern. In return for the favor, albert introduces dantes to parisian society. Like many of his novels, it was expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter auguste maquet. The count of monte cristo is such an underrated gem. Georges moustaki as abbe faria guillaume depardieu as young. With jean marais, lia amanda, daniel ivernel, folco lulli.
Similarly, it was also presented in two parts in italy. Danglars, the treasurer of dantess ship, envies dantess early career success. The count of monte cristo is a classic french novel. An international coproduction between the united states, the united kingdom, and ireland, the film is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by alexandre dumas, pere, and stars jim caviezel, guy pearce, and richard harris. The count of monte cristo is a frenchitalian fourpart miniseries based on the 1844 novel the. Sommaire 1 synopsis 2 fiche technique 3 distribution 3.
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