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Comte de Monte Cristo (Television program : 1998)
Société nationale télévision française 1
Action and adventure television programs.
2 videodiscs (414 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Tells the dramatic story of Edmond Dantes, a young French sailor who is falsely denounced as a political traitor and unjustly imprisoned for eighteen years without trial. After a daring escape, Dantes flees to the island of Monte Cristo, where he finds a colossal treasure bequeathed to him by a dying fellow inmate. Using these riches, he assumes a new identity and devises a plan of vengeance upon all those who betrayed him.
Special features: Standard screen version (4:3) -- Language: French -- Subtitles: English.
a co-production of TF1/Mediaset/Taurus Films in association with Roissy Films and Bravo ; screenplay by Didier Decoin ; produced by Jean-Pierre Guerin ; directed by Josée Dayan.
Videodisc release of the 1998 French television production.
Based upon the novel by Alexandre Dumas.
Gérard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Jean Rochefort, Pierre Arditi, Michel Aumont, Sergio Rubini.
In French, with optional English subtitles.
Director of photography, Willy Stassen ; editor, Marie-Joseph Yoyotte ; music, Bruno Coulais.