The Count of Monte Cristo [videorecording] / a co-production of TF1/Mediaset/Taurus Films in association with Roissy Films and Bravo ; screenplay by Didier Decoin ; produced by Jean-Pierre Guerin ; directed by Josée Dayan.
Gérard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Jean Rochefort, Pierre Arditi, Michel Aumont, Sergio Rubini. Based upon the novel by Alexandre Dumas. Originally produced for French television in 1998.
Summary:
Tells the dramatic story of Edmond Dantes, a young French sailor who is falsely denounced as a political traitor and unjustly imprisoned for eighteen years without trial. After a daring escape, Dantes flees to the island of Monte Cristo, where he finds a colossal treasure bequeathed to him by a dying fellow inmate. Using these riches, he assumes a new identity and devises a plan of vengeance upon all those who betrayed him.
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