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The Prisoner of Château d'If (1988)

The Prisoner of Château d'If poster
Original title
Узник замка Иф
Directed by
Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich
Genre
drama film, adventure film, historical film
Country
Soviet Union, France
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 32 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man is wrongly imprisoned and escapes to seek revenge on those who betrayed him. The story follows his transformation and elaborate schemes across decades.

dramaticadventuroushistoricromanticvengefulmelodramatic

What happens

The Prisoner of Château d'If or (Russian: Узник замка Иф, romanized: Uznik zamka If) is a 1988 Soviet drama film directed by Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich based on the novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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