The Count of Monte Cristo

Director: Jos?e Dayan

Overview

Gerard Depardieu stars in this made-for-TV adaptation of the classic adventure story by Alexandre Dumas. Edmond (Depardieu) has been held in a French prison for nearly 20 years for daring to love Mercedes (Naike Rivelli), a woman who has also been wooed by a man in power, Mondego (Jean Rochefort). When Abbe (Georges Moustaki), a close friend and fellow prison inmate, is about to die, he tells Edmond of a fortune that he has hidden on the outside. Edmond escapes, finds the money, and assumes the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo. "The Count" uses his new wealth as part of a plan to bring down the men who helped keep him behind bars for so long -- Mondego, his henchman Danglars (Michel Aumont), and Count Morcef (Stanislas Merhar). Produced for French television by a consortium of French, German, and Italian production houses, this version of The Count of Monte Cristo received its American premier on the Bravo cable network.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/29/2018
UPC:	0069458264136
Original Release:	1998
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	7:00:00
Sales rank:	47,300

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

G?rard Depardieu	Edmond Dantes,Actor
Ornella Muti	Actor
Jean Rochefort	Actor
Pierre Arditi	Actor
Ines Sastre	Actor
Sergio Rubini	Actor
Florence Darel	Actor
Christopher Thompson	Actor
Stanislas Merhar	Actor
H?l?ne Vincent	Actor
Constanze Engelbrecht	Actor
Georges Moustaki	Actor
Roland Blanche	Actor
Michel Aumont	Actor

Technical Credits

Didier Decoin

Didier Decoin

Screenwriter

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Count of Monte Cristo
1. Introduction [29:13]
2. Monte Cristo [10:10]
3. La Banque [4:06]
4. L'Abbe Busoni [14:15]
5. Lord Wilmore [8:01]
6. Un Bateau [18:34]
7. Un An Plus Tard [10:14]
8. Générique [3:02]
0. Chapters
1. Introduction [13:51]
2. Villefort [16:39]
3. Un Crédit Illimité [4:12]
4. Une Étincelle [6:20]
5. Un Ange [8:16]
6. Camille [30:17]
7. Le Déjeuner [19:25]
8. Générique [2:59]
Disc #2 -- Count of Monte Cristo
1. Introduction [6:12]
2. Le Capitaine [25:37]
3. Toussin [16:08]
4. Caderousse Mort [19:22]
5. Les Villeforts [13:11]
6. L'Élixer [9:39]
7. Haydee [8:52]
8. Générique [2:58]
1. Introduction [5:03]
2. L'Accusation [9:10]
3. Le Duel [10:38]
4. Testament [11:08]
5. Fernand [9:22]
6. Banque Danglars [39:46]
7. Une Nouvelle Vie [3:44]
8. Générique [2:57]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Count of Monte Cristo
Volume I
Film
Chapitres
Suppléments
Le Comte De Monte Cristo
L'Histoire En Quelques Lignes
Volume II
Film
Chapitres
Disc #2 -- Count of Monte Cristo
Volume III
Film
Chapitres
Suppléments
Filmographie Do Comte
Au Grand Écran (Cinéma)
Au Petit Écran (Filmographie Télé)
Au Petit Écran (Télé-séries)
Volume IV
Film
Chapitres

Editorial Reviews

Portly Gérard Depardieu squeezes into his role as a dashing swashbuckler in this eight-hour-plus adaptation of an Alexandre Dumas novel. The made-for-TV film directed by Josée Dayan received high ratings when it debuted on French television in 1998. Depardieu portrays Edmond Dantes, who changes his identity to the Count of Monte Cristo in order to undo those who wronged him. As the count, Depardieu wears a wardrobe of disguises, such as a bulbous nose and the garb of a priest, none of which should fool anyone -- but do. His disguises are reminiscent of those of Peter Sellers playing Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther films, but Depardieu is deadly serious -- perhaps too serious -- for his role. Another problem is pacing. In its effort to do justice to the 800-page novel and probe the psyches of the characters, the film includes so many details that the action occasionally bogs down in a subplot or a lengthy conversation. On the positive side, Depardieu exhibits the magnetism and stage presence that served him well in other French historical dramas, such as Danton, Cyrano de Bergerac, and Balzac. Moreover, he receives excellent support from the rest of the cast, including Pierre Arditi as Villefort, the prosecutor who helps imprison him; Ornella Muti as Mercedes, the woman he loves but loses; Sergio Rubini as Petruccio, the count's faithful valet; and Jean Rochefort and Michel Aumont as Fernando Mondego and Baron Danglars, respectively, the men who betray Dantes. Finally, the costumes and sets are excellent, bringing the Napoleonic era to life as the camera follows Dantes' adventures in Paris, Marseilles, Naples, and Malta. The dialogue is in French with English subtitles.