The Count of Monte Cristo (1998 miniseries)

The Count of Monte Cristo

Written by	Alexandre Dumas, père (novel) Didier Decoin
Directed by	Josée Dayan
Starring	Gérard Depardieu Ornella Muti Jean Rochefort
Music by	Bruno Coulais
Country of origin	France
Original language(s)	French
Production
Producer(s)	Jean-Pierre Guérin
Cinematography	Vittorio Storaro
Running time	400 minutes
Distributor	TF1
Release
Original release	7 September 1998 (1998-09-07)

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

Plot

Edmond Dantès is falsely accused of Bonapartism and sentenced to spend the rest of his life imprisoned in the dreaded Château d'If, an island fortress from which no prisoner has ever escaped, and to which the most dangerous political prisoners are sent. While imprisoned, he meets Abbé Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. Abbé tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location. After many years in prison, the old Abbé dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body to find the treasure Abbé 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
Sergio Rubini as Bertuccio
Ornella Muti as Mercedes Igualada
Jean Rochefort as Fernand Mondego
Pierre Arditi as Villefort
Florence Darel as Camille de la Richardais
Georges Moustaki as Abbé Faria
Guillaume Depardieu as young Edmond
Naike Rivelli as young Mercedès
Julie Depardieu as Valentine de Villefort
Christopher Thompson as Maximilien Morrel
Stanislas Merhar as Albert De Morcerf
Hélène Vincent as Heloise De Villefort
Michel Aumont as Baron Danglars
Constanze Engelbrecht as Hermine Danglars
Roland Blanche as Caderousse
Jean-Claude Brialy as Pere Morrel
Inés Sastre as Haydee
Serge Merlin as Noirtier De Villefort
Jean-Marc Thibault as Barrois
Thierry de Peretti as Toussaint
Patrick Bouchitey as Beauchamp
Frédéric Gorny as Château-Renaud
Stéphan Guérin-Tillié as Franz D'Épinay
Dominique Besnehard as Defense Attorney
Julien Rochefort as Fernand Mondego Jeune
Dimitri Rataud as Danglars Jeune
Michel Bompoil as Villefort Jeune
Arthur Nauzyciel as Caderousse Jeune
Didier Lesour as Boville
Daniel Martin as Doctor D'avrigny
Micheline Presle as Madame De Saint Meran
Roger Dumas as Cocles
Mattia Sbragia as Luigi Vampa
Ubaldo Lo Presti as Pepino
Jacques Boudet as President of the Room

External links

The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) at the Internet Movie Database

Alexandre Dumas

Novels	The Count of Monte Cristo The Three Musketeers The Corsican Brothers The Black Tulip Captain Pamphile Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge La Dame de Monsoreau Georges The Knight of Sainte-Hermine The Queen's Necklace La Reine Margot The New Troy Twenty Years After The Two Dianas The Vicomte de Bragelonne The Wolf Leader La Sanfelice The Women's War

Characters	Edmond Dantès Aramis Athos Anne of Austria D'Artagnan Abbé Faria Milady de Winter Porthos Cardinal Richelieu Comte de Rochefort M. de Tréville

Films	The Corsican Brothers (1941) The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) The Count of Monte Cristo (1975) The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers The Fifth Musketeer The Four Musketeers (1936) The Four Musketeers (1974) The Iron Mask The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) The Man in the Iron Mask Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers The Musketeer La Reine Margot (1954) La Reine Margot (1994) The Return of the Musketeers Les Trois Mousquetaires The Three Musketeers (1921) The Three Musketeers (1933) The Three Musketeers (1948) The Three Musketeers (1969) The Three Musketeers (1973) The Three Musketeers (1992 animated) The Three Musketeers (1993) The Three Musketeers (2011)

TV programmes	Gankutsuou Albert the Fifth Musketeer The Count of Monte Cristo Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds Young Blades The Three Musketeers The Musketeers

Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo (1844)

Characters	Edmond Dantès Abbé Faria

Films	The Count of Monte Cristo (1913) Monte Cristo (1922) The Count of Monte Cristo (1929) The Countess of Monte-Christo The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) El Conde de Monte Cristo (1942) The Count of Monte Cristo (1943) The Return of Monte Cristo (1946) Mask of the Avenger The Count of Monte Cristo (1953) The Count of Monte Cristo (1954) Vanjikottai Valiban Raj Tilak The Count of Monte Cristo (1961) The Count of Monte Cristo (1975) Padayottam Veta The Count of Monte Cristo (1998 miniseries) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

Television	The Count of Monte Cristo (1956) The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) Ezel Revenge Montecristo Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo Yago

Literature	The Stars My Destination The Stars' Tennis Balls A Prisoner of Birth

Other	The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (biography) The Count of Monte Cristo (Wildhorn-Murphy musical) The Count of Monte Cristo (Behr musical) Christ 0 (album) The Treasure of Monte Cristo (film)

Related	Pierre Picaud "Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times" Gankutsuou characters

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 181745501 LCCN: no2010034911

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