A film adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond 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. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of...
- 6.2
- 1922
- Released
- 1h 40m
John Gilbert
Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo
Estelle Taylor
Mercedes, Countess de Morcerf
Robert McKim
De Villefort, the king's attorney
William V. Mong
Caderousse, the innkeeper
Virginia Brown Faire
Haidee, an Arabian Princess
George Siegmann
Luigi Vampa, ex-pirate
Spottiswoode Aitken
Abbé Faria
Ralph Cloninger
Fernand, Count de Morcert
Harry Lonsdale
Dantes, Father of Edmond
Albert Prisco
Baron DanglarsHoward Kendall
SurgeonWillard Koch
Tailor at Cheateau f'If
Gaston Glass
Albert de Morcerf
Renée Adorée
Eugénie Danglars
Al W. Filson
Morrel
Francis McDonald
BenedettoJack Cosgrave
Governor of Chateau d'If
Maude George
Baroness DanglarsReleased
en
- #prison
- #paris, france
- #based on novel or book
- #escape
- #marseille, france
- #revenge
- #sailor
- #montecristo
Reviews
The dashing John Gilbert is really quite good in this two-part adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas adventure. He is the wronged "Edmond", who finds himself the subject of jealousy and ambition before being sentenced to life imprisonment in the fearsome "Chateau D'If" prison. After many years in captivity, he is visited by the elderly Abbé Faria (Spottiswoode Aitken) who has been trying to tunnel his