The Count of Monte Cristo

1934

Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / History / Romance / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 88% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 78% · 2.5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 3891 3.9K

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Plot summary

Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.

Director

Rowland V. Lee Photo
Rowland V. Lee

Top cast

Gino Corrado Photo
Gino Corrado as Officer in Courtroom
Theodore Lorch Photo
Theodore Lorch as Citizen
Joan Woodbury Photo
Joan Woodbury as Dancing Girl
Edward Hearn Photo
Edward Hearn as Signalman
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933.76 MB
968*720
English 2.0
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Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 53 min
Seeds 6
1.78 GB
1440*1072
English 2.0
Passed
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 53 min
Seeds 27

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

Robert Donat is great in this adaptation of

Robert Donat is great in this adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's classic novel. He is the wrongly imprisoned "Edmond Dantes", an honest sailor sent to live out his life on a prison island, never to return. He tunnels, and as luck would have it, rather than the sea he discovers another long-term inmate the "Abbé Faria" (OP Heggie), an elderly priest who refused to divulge to the authorities the whereabouts of the legendary treasure of "Monte Cristo". Dying, the man reveals that secret to "Edmond", who cleverly manages to substitute his body for the old man's corpse upon his death, and who is now lobbed into the sea - only to be rescued, discover the treasure and set upon his path of retribution on those who committed him to his life of torture. His vengeance is perfectly measured. He uses their own foibles - their greed, vanity and lust for power to cleverly allow them to manoeuvre themselves into the eyes of the public, and ultimately of justice. His former love "Mercedes" (Elssa Landi), thinking him dead, had gone on to marry one of the perpetrators and borne him the young "Raymond" (Louis Calhern) who might just remind "Dantes" of the humanity he has long abandoned as his search for revenge became an obsession, and perhaps offer him some opportunity for redemption. The production is lavish and grim as the scenarios demand; the supporting cast play well, and the story is an epitome of man's inhumanity to his fellows. The dialogue is a touch wordy, Rowland V Lee could have remembered a little better that we could see a lot of what he allowed the characters to describe to us, but that said it is well paced and looks great almost 90 years after it was released. For my money, the best of any of the screen versions of this author's exciting stories.
Reviewed by riesx002 7 / 10

Worthwile rendition of an impossible-to-film novel

No film version can substitute for reading the unabridged version of The Count of Monte Cristo. No doubt there is no substitute for reading it in French, but for English-speakers Robin Buss' 1996 English translation reportedly captures the both spirit and letter of Dumas' novel better than previous translations. In my opinion, the 1934 film also captures the spirit of the book, but omits many characters and story lines, and adds or rewrites others. Nevertheless, this film version is fun to watch.
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