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The Prisoner of If Castle 1989 Directed by Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich Узник замка Иф

A Russian version of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. 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 Country Soviet Union
Language Russian
Spoken Language Russian
Gneres Adventure , TV Movie
Production Company Odessa Film Studio
Release Date 1 February 1989
270 mins
Cast
Viktor Avilov Edmond Dantes in maturity, aka Count of Monte Cristo
Evgeniy Dvorzhetskiy Edmond Dantes in his youth and Albert de Morcer
Anna Samokhina Mercedes Herrera
Mikhail Boyarskiy Fernand Mondego, Comte de Morcer
Aleksey Petrenko Abbot Faria
Svetlana Smirnova Ermina Danglars
Yana Poplavskaya Eugenie Danglars
Igor Sklyar Benedetto
Arnis Līcītis Gerard de Villefort
Valentina Voilkova Eloise de Villefort
Yulle Sinisalu Valentina de Villefort
Vsevolod Shilovsky Gaspar Cadrousse
Igor Bogodukh shipowner Pierre Morrel
Peteris Gaudins Maximilian Morrel
Nadezhda Reason Julie Morrell
Sergei Shentalinsky Franz de Quesnel Baron d'Epinay
Yuriy Dubrovin Batisten
Vladimir Steklov Giovanni Bertuccio
Evgeniy Platokhin Luigi Wampa
Aleksandr Slastin Police Commissioner
Viktor Pavlovsky Danglars employee
Gia Lejava Commandant Berthier