Monte Cristo (1922)
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.
- Date of release
- 1922-09-03
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (13)
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Emmett J. Flynn
Casting
- John Gilbert — Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo
- Estelle Taylor — Mercedes, Countess de Morcerf
- Robert McKim — De Villefort, the king's attorney
- William V. Mong — Caderousse, the innkeeper
- Virginia Brown Faire — Haidee, an Arabian Princess
- George Siegmann — Luigi Vampa, ex-pirate
- Spottiswoode Aitken — Abbé Faria
- Ralph Cloninger — Fernand, Count de Morcert
- Harry Lonsdale — Dantes, Father of Edmond
- Albert Prisco — Baron Danglars
- Howard Kendall — Surgeon
- Willard Koch — Tailor at Cheateau f'If
Interesting facts
- Based on: The Count of Monte Cristo
Monte Cristo is a 1922 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and directed by Emmett J. Flynn. It is based on the 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, which was adapted by 19th century thespian Charles Fechter and written for this screen version by Bernard McConville. John Gilbert plays the hero with Estelle Taylor as the leading lady. This film was long thought lost until a print surfaced in the Czech Republic. The film has been released on DVD, packaged with Gilbert's 1926 MGM film Bardelys the Magnificent.
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