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©1999
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2 videodiscs (approximately 400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Videodisc release of the 1998 French television production
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
Based upon the novel by Alexandre Dumas
Screenplay by Didier Decoin ; produced by Jean-Pierre Guerin ; directed by Josée Dayan ; director of photography, Willy Stassen ; editor, Marie-Joseph Yoyotte ; music, Bruno Coulais
Gérard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Jean Rochefort, Pierre Arditi, Michel Aumont, Sergio Rubini
Not rated
DVD
In French with English subtitles