The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)

Directed by

Rowland V. Lee

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man is wrongly sent to prison for delivering a letter. After escaping years later, he plots revenge on the men who framed him.

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What happens

The Count of Monte Cristo is a 1934 American adventure film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Robert Donat and Elissa Landi. Based on the 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, the story concerns a man who is unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him. When he finally escapes, he seeks revenge against the greedy men who conspired to put him in prison. This is the first sound film adaptation of Dumas' novel; five silent films preceded it. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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