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The Count of Monte Cristo 1954 Directed by Robert Vernay Le Comte de Monte-Cristo

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...

Country France
Production Countries France , Italy
Language French
Spoken Language French
Release Date 14 January 1954
183 mins
Cast
Jean Marais Edmond Dantès
Lia Amanda Mercédès Herrera
Daniel Ivernel Gaspard Caderousse
Folco Lulli Jacopo
Louis Seigner Monsieur Joannès
Paolo Stoppa Bertuccio
Claude Génia La Carconte
Simone Paris Émilienne de Beaugency
Jacques Castelot Gérard Noirtier, Count of Villefort, the King's Prosecutor
Noël Roquevert Monsieur Noirtier, General of the Empire, Father of Gérard
Roger Pigaut Fernand Mondego, Husband of Mercédès
Jean Témerson Louis XVIII
France Asselin Madame Renée de Villefort
Jean-Pierre Mocky Albert de Morcerf
Lucien Blondeau Monsieur Dantès, Edmond's Father
André Brunot Monsieur Morel
Gualtiero Tumiati Abbé Faria
Marcel Journet President of the House of Peers