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The Count of Monte Cristo (a.k.a. Le Comte de Monte Cristo) is a French-Italian four-part miniseries based on the 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.
The series had approximately 12 million viewers for each episode during its initial premier in September 1998. The series premiered on Bravo on 21 June 1999 in the United States.




Plot


Edmond Dantès is falsely accused of Bonapartism and sentenced to spend the rest of his life imprisoned in the dreaded Château d'If, an island fortress from which no prisoner has ever escaped, and to which the most dangerous political prisoners are sent. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbé Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbé tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbé dies. Edmond escapes and creates a new identity for himself as he swears to exact a cruel vengeance on the three men responsible for his suffering.




Cast






Critical reception


The New York Times positively reviewed the series, praising its visuals and "straightforward, old-fashioned spirit."
The Los Angeles Times praised Gérard Depardieu performance as the Count as well as the series's visuals, but criticized the series for some of the changes that were made from the book. They also criticized the last four hours of the series as being too "meandering and convoluted."




References






External links


The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) at IMDb

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