Monte Cristo (1929)
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
- 1929-04-30
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 3h 43m
- Genres
- Adventure
- Director
- Henri Fescourt
Casting
- Jean Angelo — Edmond Dantès / Abbé Busoni / Comte de Monte Cristo
- Lil Dagover — Mercédès / Comtesse de Morcerf
- Gaston Modot — Fernand Mondego / Comte de Morcerf
- Jean Toulout — Monsieur de Villefort
- Marie Glory — Valentine de Villefort - la fille
- Michèle Verly — Julie Morrel - la fille
- Pierre Batcheff — Albert de Morcerf
- Tamara Stezenko — Haydée
- François Rozet — Maximilien Morrel - le fils
- Germaine Kerjean — La Carconte
- Henri Debain — Caderousse
- Robert Mérin — Benedetto / Andrea Calvacanti
Interesting facts
- Based on: The Count of Monte Cristo
Monte Cristo (1929), also known as Le Comte de Monte-Cristo in France and The Count of Monte-Cristo in the US, is a French silent film directed by Henri Fescourt, and is a film adaptation of the 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, père.
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