The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Original title: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo is a 1954 French-language adventure movie directed by Robert Vernay, with a running time of 3h 3m. It stars Jean Marais, Lia Amanda and Daniel Ivernel.
Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
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