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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.

Plot

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.

Cast

Louis Jourdan as Edmond Dantès / Comte de Monte Cristo
Yvonne Furneaux as Mercédès
Pierre Mondy as Caderousse
Franco Silva as Mario
Bernard Dhéran as Le procureur Henri de Villefort
Roldano Lupi as Morel
Claudine Coster as Haydée
Jean Martinelli as Vidocq
Marie Mergey as Madame Caderousse
Yves Rénier as Albert de Mortcerf
Alain Ferral as Benedetto (as Alain Feral)
Jean-Jacques Delbo as Himself
José Squinquel as Himself
Geymond Vital as Himself
Henri Arius as Himself (as Arius)
Jacques Dynam as Himself
André Dalibert as Himself
Georges Lannes as Le président
Paul Amiot as Le président de la Chambre des pairs
Marthe Marty as Himself
Chantal de Rieux as Himself
Jean-Claude Michel as Fernand de Mortcerf
Henri Vilbert as Danyès - le père d'Edmond
Henri Guisol as L'abbé Faria

Reception

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]

References

^ "Le Comte de Monte Cristo (1961) (1961) - JPBox-Office".
^ French box office for 1961 at Box Office Story

External links

The Count of Monte Cristo at IMDb

[1] "Le Comte de Monte Cristo (1961) (1961) - JPBox-Office".

[louis-2] French box office for 1961 at Box Office Story

[2]

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Characters	Edmond Dantès Abbé Faria
Films	The Count of Monte Cristo (1912) The Count of Monte Cristo (1913) Monte Cristo (1922) Monte Cristo (1929) The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) El Conde de Monte Cristo (1942) The Count of Monte Cristo (1943) The Return of Monte Cristo (1946) The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946) Mask of the Avenger (1951) The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951) The Count of Monte Cristo (1953) The Count of Monte Cristo (1954) Karkottai (1954) Vanji-Kottai Valipan (1958) Raj Tilak (1958) The Count of Monte Cristo (1961) The Treasure of Monte Cristo (1961) The Return of Monte Cristo (1968) Jeevan Mrityu (1970) The Count of Monte Cristo (1975) Bhuierantlo Munis (1977) Padayottam (1982) Veta (1986) The Prisoner of Château d'If (1988) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)
Television	The Count of Monte Cristo (1956) The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) The Count of Monte Cristo (1998 miniseries) Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo Montecristo Ezel Yago (Mexican remake) Revenge İntikam (Turkish remake) Venganza (Colombian remake) El Conde: Amor y honor The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)
Literature	The Stars My Destination The Stars' Tennis Balls A Prisoner of Birth The Baron of Magister Valley
Other	The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (biography) The Count of Monte Cristo (Wildhorn-Murphy musical) The Count of Monte Cristo (Behr musical) Christ 0 (album)
Related	Auguste Maquet (collaborator) Pierre Picaud (possible prototype) Dumas (2010 film) "Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times" (The Simpsons episode) The Monte Cristo of Prague (1929 film)