A young sailor, Edmond Dantès, is to marry his beloved Mercédès but
on the day of his engagement he is arrested for treason, the victim of a plot by those
who envy his good fortune. Imprisoned on the island of Yf, where he is to spend
the rest of his life, Dantès meets a fellow prisoner, Abbé Faria, who tells
him the location of a fabulous treasure. When Faria dies, many years later, Dantès
disguises himself as the body and manages to escape from the island prison. Having
recovered the lost treasure, he returns to take revenge on those who had him arrested.
Cast:Louis Jourdan (Edmond Dantès),
Yvonne Furneaux (Mercédès),
Pierre Mondy (Caderousse),
Bernard Dhéran (Le procureur Henri de Villefort),
Franco Silva (Mario),
Claudine Coster (Haydée),
Jean-Claude Michel (Fernand de Mortcerf),
Yves Rénier (Albert de Mortcerf),
Marie Mergey (Madame Caderousse),
Jean Martinelli (Vidocq),
Henri Guisol (L'abbé Faria),
Alain Ferral (Benedetto),
Roldano Lupi (Morel),
Henri Vilbert (Danyès),
Georges Lannes (Le président),
Jean-Jacques Delbo,
Paul Amiot,
Henri Arius,
André Dalibert,
Chantal de Rieux
Country: Italy / France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 180 min
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