Based on the famous novel by alexandre dumas, the count of monte cristo tells the story of a man who is unjustly imprisoned with an old man who, before dying, reveals the place where a treasure is buried. It is one of the authors more popular works, along with the three musketeers. Cb01 montecristo film 2002 italiano streaming film ita cb01. With jorge mistral, elina colomer, santiago gomez cou, nelly meden. Im a big fan of dumas the count of monte cristo, and read an unabridged version the penguin classics edition about 2 years ago. The cast of the film directed by kevin reynolds with jim caviezel, james frain, guy pearce, henry cavill etc. A young man, falsely imprisoned by his jealous friend, escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge. Moreover, it stays close to the source material, which is perhaps my favorite novel of all time. Edmundo 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 dif. Jim caviezel and luis guzman in the count of monte cristo 2002 jim caviezel and guy pearce in.
It is one of the few actually maybe even the only more recent film that captured the feel of the great classic adventure movies. Dantes is imprisoned on the island prison of chateau dif for years, where he plots. Judging the film on its own merits, it probably would have earned 5 stars. This is the oldest known film of the count of monte cristo. A nearly complete reconstruction was assembled from four prints in eastern european archives. See more ideas about i love books, books to read and wild book. The count of monte cristo 2002 letterboxd social film. Like many of his novels, it was expanded from plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter auguste maquet. Monte cristo 1929 is a french silent film directed by henri fescourt, and is a film adaptation of.
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