“The Count of Monte Cristo” ( French: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo ) is a six-episode mini-series directed by Denis de La Patelier in 1979 based on the novel of the same name by Alexander Dumas father , a joint production of television in France - Italy - Germany .
| Count of Monte Cristo | |
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| Le comte de monte-cristo | |
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| Genre | film adaptation historical film adventure movie drama melodrama |
| Producer | Denis de la Patelier |
| Producer | Claude W. Cohen Juan Esterlich |
| Author script | Andre Castello Jean Chateauneuf |
| In the main cast | Jacques Weber Roger Dumas Manuel Tejada Jean-Francois Poron Claude Brosset Carla Romanelli Henri Virloche |
| Operator | Claude Bourgoin Antonio Escudeiro Didier Tarot |
| Composer | Nino Rota Carlo Savina |
| Film company | TF1 ( France ) Bavaria atelier |
| Duration | 360 minutes |
| A country |  France  Canada |
| Language | French |
| Year | 1979 |
| IMDb | ID 0220212 |
Content
- 1 plot
- 2 Cast
- 3 Camera crew
- 4 Interesting Facts
- 5 Edition on video
- 6 References
Story
Six-part television art franco-italo-german mini-series . A film adaptation of the novel by Alexander Dumas , which is very close to the text, in which practically all the plot lines and characters are preserved, many dialogs and replicas of the novel are transferred to the screen word for word.
Sailor Edmond Dantes convicted of a crime he did not commit. Having escaped from prison and becoming Earl of Monte Cristo, he administers justice, repaying his enemies according to their merits. For a detailed presentation of the plot, see the article " Count of Monte Cristo ."
The mini-series consists of 6 episodes of 60 minutes each. Series Names:
Series 1. "Prisoner of If Castle".
Series 2. "Treasures of the Cardinal."
Series 3. "A native of the next world."
Series 4. "Villains."
Series 5. "Two sudden deaths."
Series 6. "Justice is being implemented."
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Jacques Weber | Edmond Dantes / Earl of Monte Cristo |
| Roger Dumas | Danglar |
| Manuel Tejada | Fernand Mondego, Count de Morser |
| Jean-Francois Poron | Count Gerard de Villefort, royal prosecutor |
| Claude Brosset | Gaspard Cadrousse |
| Carla Romanelli | Mercedes Herrera |
| Henri Virloche | Abbot Faria |
| Christiana Kruger | Eloise de Villefort |
| Christina Kaufman | Ermina Danglar |
| Diogo Doria | Maximilian Morrell |
| Maria Matil | Valentina de Villefort |
| Virginia vidal | Hyde |
| Patrick Laplace | Albert de Morser |
| John vinci | Lucien Debray |
| Carlos Di Carvalho | Franz d'Epine |
| Herve Yoll | Boshan |
| Carlos Cesar | Bertuccio |
| Gerard Actun | Benedetto |
| Wolf Aqua | Marquis de Beauville |
| Leonora Pinhao | Eugenie Danglar |
| Laurence Libier | Rene de Saint-Meran, 1st wife of de Villefort, mother of Valentina |
| Francoise Lugan | Marquise de Saint-Meran, mother of Rene |
| Siegfried Steiner | Noartier, father of de Villefort |
| Fred Person | Barrois, footman of Noartier |
| Francois Florent | Dr. d'Avrigny, family doctor de Villefort |
| Louis santos | dantes father |
| Paulo renato | Pierre Morrell, father of Maximilian |
| Hubert de Laparan | telegraph officer |
| Jean Turlier | King Louis XVIII |
| Robert party | Dandre |
| Michelle Steering Wheel | Blacas |
| Isabelle di Castro | cadrus's wife |
| Arthur Semedo | Marquis of Cavalcanti |
| Jeanine Souchon | |
| Yves Brenville |
Camera crew
- Director: Denis de La Patelier
- Producers: Claude W. Cohen, Juan Esterlich
- Screenwriters: Andre Castello (dialogues), Jean Châteauneuf (adaptation of the novel for the mini-series)
- Composers: Nino Rota , Carlo Savina
- Operators: Claude Bourgoin, Antonio Escudeiro, Didier Tarot
- Artists: Pierre Cadiou (production designer), Yugett Chaselou (costume designer)
- Montage: Claudine Boucher, Marie Castro, Didier Ranz
- Joint production of television from France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland and Belgium, TF1 ( France ), Bavaria Atelier, Edizioni Farnese, FR3 Europa-Films, Rex Cinematografica, SRL
Interesting Facts
- The leading actor - the famous French theater and film actor, screenwriter and director Jacques Weber - was impressed by the novel and the image, staged the play "Monte Cristo" as a director, in which he played, rethinking the main role: in 1987 in the theater the city of Nice and in 1988 - in the Grand Hall of the Grand Al in La Villette Park in Paris .
Video Edition
- In France and some other countries released on DVD. The new release of the mini-series in France on DVD took place on June 5, 2013 .
- This mini-series was professionally translated and voiced into Russian and was shown on Russian television in the early 1990s on one of the central television channels, but has not yet been released on DVD in Russia.
Links
- The Earl of Monte Cristo on the Internet Movie Database
- The mini-series “The Count of Monte Cristo” (1979) on the website “Base de données de films francais avec images”
- The mini-series The Count of Monte Cristo (1979) on tele70
- Mini-series "Count of Monte Cristo" (1979) at CITWF
- Photo of Jacques Weber as Count of Monte Cristo
- Photo of Jacques Weber as Count of Monte Cristo
- Photo of Jacques Weber as Count of Monte Cristo
- The Count Monte Cristo mini-series video (1979) on YouTube