The Count of Monte Cristo

"Romance Lives On ... In The Glory Of Dumas' Immortal Novel !"

1934 1h 53m EN

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 66

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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.

“Romance Lives On ... In The Glory Of Dumas' Immortal Novel !”

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Cast

Robert Donat
Edmond Dantes
Elissa Landi
Mercedes
Louis Calhern
De Villefort Jr.
Sidney Blackmer
Mondego
Raymond Walburn
Danglars
O. P. Heggie
Abbe Faria
Irene Hervey
Valentine
Georgia Caine
Mme. De Rosas

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Rowland V. Lee
Writers: Dan Totheroh, Rowland V. Lee, Harvey F. Thew
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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92 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Count of Monte Cristo Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Rowland V. Lee, shot by J. Peverell Marley. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Alfred Newman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Robert Donat and Elissa Landi and Louis Calhern carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Romance Lives On ... In The Glory Of Dumas' Immortal Novel !".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0025004 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Rowland V. Lee directs. J. Peverell Marley behind the camera. Alfred Newman scores. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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192 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Part of the "The Count of Monte Cristo Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Rowland V. Lee, shot by J. Peverell Marley. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Alfred Newman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Robert Donat and Elissa Landi and Louis Calhern carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Romance Lives On ... In The Glory Of Dumas' Immortal Novel !".
8IMDB entry: tt0025004 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 66 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: J. Peverell Marley
Original score: Alfred Newman
Runtime: 113 min · 1h 53m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $1,500,000
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)

Awards

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

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Part of

The Count of Monte Cristo Collection

Edmond Dante and son embarking on adventures against new villains, continuing the legacy of swashbuckling heroes

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Rowland V. Lee

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CinemaSerf2022-06-13
★ 7/10
Robert Donat is great in this adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's classic novel. He is the wrongly imprisoned "Edmond Dantes", an honest sailor sent to live out his life on a prison island, never to return. He tunnels, and as luck would have it, rather than the sea he discovers another long-term inmate the "Abbé Faria" (OP Heggie), an elderly priest who refused to divulge to the authorities the whereabouts of the legendary treasure of "Monte Cristo". Dying, the man reveals that secret to "Edmond", who cleverly manages to substitute his body for the old man's corpse upon his death, and who is now lobbed into the sea - only to be rescued, discover the treasure and set upon his path of retribution on those who committed him to his life of torture. His vengeance is perfectly measured. He uses their own foibles - their greed, vanity and lust for power to cleverly allow them to manoeuvre themselves into the eyes of the public, and ultimately of justice. His former love "Mercedes" (Elssa Landi), thinking him dead, had gone on to marry one of the perpetrators and borne him the young "Raymond" (Louis Calhern) who might just remind "Dantes" of the humanity he has long abandoned as his search for revenge became an obsession, and perhaps offer him some opportunity for redemption. The production is lavish and grim as the scenarios demand; the supporting cast play well, and the story is an epitome of man's inhumanity to his fellows. The dialogue is a touch wordy, Rowland V Lee could have remembered a little better that we could see a lot of what he allowed the characters to describe to us, but that said it is well paced and looks great almost 90 years after it was released. For my money, the best of any of the screen versions of this author's exciting stories.

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