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Directed by | Robert Vernay |
Written by | Georges Neveux Robert Vernay |
Based on | The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas |
Produced by | Lucien Masson Jacques Roitfeld |
Starring | Jean Marais Lia Amanda Roger Pigaut |
Cinematography | Robert Juillard |
Edited by | Monique Kirsanoff |
Music by | Jean Wiener |
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Distributed by | La Société des Films Sirius Lux Film |
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Running time | 183 minutes |
Countries | France Italy |
Language | French |
Box office | 7,780,642 admissions (France) [1] |
The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is a 1954 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Robert Vernay and starring Jean Marais, Lia Amanda and Roger Pigaut. [2] It is based on the 1844 novel of the same title by Alexandre Dumas. [3]
It was first aired in France and Italy, in 1954, in 2 parts.
France : 1) La Trahison, 2) La Vengeance
Italy : 1) Il tesoro di Montecristo, 2) La vendetta di Montecristo
It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location on the Côte d'Azur. The sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel. It was made in Gevacolor.
The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (père) completed in 1844. It is one of the author's most popular works, along with The Three Musketeers. Like many of his novels, it was expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.
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