The Count of Monte Cristo (1998 miniseries)

The Count of Monte Cristo (1998 miniseries)

Infobox Film
name = The Count of Monte Cristo (1998)


director = Josée Dayan
producer = Jean-Pierre Guérin
writer = Alexandre Dumas, père (novel) Didier Decoin
starring = Gérard Depardieu Ornella Muti Jean Rochefort
distributor = TF1
released = September 7 1998
cinematography = Vittorio Storaro
runtime = 400 min.
language = French
budget =
music = Bruno Coulais
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0167565
followed_by =

"The Count of Monte Cristo" (aka "Le Comte de Monte Cristo") is a French miniseries based on the 1844 novel "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas père.

Plot

Edmond Dantès is falsely accused and sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets Abbé Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. 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 to find the treasure Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.

Cast

*Gérard Depardieu as Edmond Dantès
*Ornella Muti as Mercedès Iguanada
*Jean Rochefort as Fernand Mondego
*Pierre Arditi as Villefort
*Georges Moustaki as Abbé Faria


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