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| The Count of Monte Cristo | |
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| Directed by | Robert Vernay |
| Written by | Charles Spaak |
| Based on | Le Comte de Monte-Cristo byAlexandre Dumas père |
| Produced by | Arys Nissotti Pierre O'Connell |
| Starring | Pierre Richard-Willm Michèle Alfa Aimé Clariond |
| Cinematography | Victor Arménise |
| Edited by | Jean Feyte |
| Music by | Roger Desormière |
Production companies | Regina Films Excelsa Film |
| Distributed by | Variety Distribution |
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Running time | 183 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Languages | French Italian |
The Count of Monte Cristo (French:Le comte de Monte Cristo) is a 1943 French-Italianhistoricaldrama film directed byRobert Vernay withFerruccio Cerio as the supervising director. Based on the classic 1844 novelLe Comte de Monte Cristo byAlexandre Dumas père, this two-part film starsPierre Richard-Willm in the title role. It was shot at theCinecittà Studios inRome and theCité Elgé inParis. The film's sets were designed by theart directorRené Renoux.
Edmond Dantès, first mate of a merchant ship returning from the Orient, having taken command of his ship after the death of the captain, docks atElba to deliver a letter toNapoleon. As a result of this imprudence, committed to respect the will of his predecessor, he falls victim to a plot hatched by the sailor Caderousse, by the officer Fernand Mondego (later Count de Morcerf), in love with Mercédès, Dantès's fiancée, and by the magistrate Gérard de Villefort (who fears to be compromised by the ultra-Bonapartist activities of his father, General Noirtier). Dantes is then taken in secret to the depths of acastle off the coast ofMarseille…
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