The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le comte de Monte Cristo) is a 1961 French adventure film version of Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Louis Jourdan, Yvonne Furneaux, Pierre Mondy and Franco Silva.
The Count of Monte Cristo | |
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Directed by | Claude Autant-Lara |
Written by | Jean Halain (adaptation et dialogue) |
Based on | Alexandre Dumas (d'apres le roman d') (as Alexandre Dumas Père) |
Produced by | René Modiano Jean Jacques Vital |
Starring | Louis Jourdan Yvonne Furneaux Pierre Mondy Franco Silva |
Cinematography | Jean Isnard Jacques Natteau |
Edited by | Madeleine Gug |
Music by | René Cloërec |
Production companies | Cineriz Les Films J.J. Vital Les Productions Rene Modiano Royal Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont |
Distributed by | Gaumont |
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Running time | 188 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Box office | $33.6 million[1] |
Edmund Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'if. There, a prisoner tells Edmund of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island.
The film was the seventh most popular film at the French box office in 1961. The sixth most popular was a version of The Three Musketeers.[2]