The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (1ère époque): La Trahison
95 min
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.
- Release date
- January 14, 1954
- Country of origin
- Italy, France
- Music
- Jean Wiener
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Cast
- Jean Marais as Edmond Dantès
- Daniel Ivernel as Gaspard Caderousse
- Folco Lulli as Jacopo
- Louis Seigner as Le bijoutier Joannès
- Paolo Stoppa as Bertuccio
- Claude Génia as La Carconte
- Simone Paris as Émilienne de Beaugency
- Cristina Grado as Haydée
- Jacques Castelot as Gérard Noirtier, Count of Villefort, the King's Prosecutor
- Noël Roquevert as Monsieur Noirtier, General of the Empire, Father of Gérard
- Roger Pigaut as Fernand Mondego, Husband of Mercédès
- Jean Témerson as Le roi Louis XVIII
- France Asselin as Renée de Villefort
- Julien Bertheau as L'empereur Napoléon I
- Daniel Cauchy as Bruno
- Jean-Pierre Mocky as Albert de Morcerf
- Lucien Blondeau as Dantès père
- André Brunot as Monsieur Morel
- Gualtiero Tumiati as Abbé Faria
- Marcel Journet as President of the House of Peers
- Jean Marais as Comte de Monte-Cristo
- Lia Amanda as Mercédès Herrera
Crew
- Robert Vernay · Director
- Alexandre Dumas · Writer
- Georges Neveux · Writer
- Robert Vernay · Writer
- Jean Wiener · Composer
- Robert Juillard · Cinematographer
- Monique Kirsanoff · Editor
- Robert Clavel · Production designer