The Count of Monte Cristo (1961 film)

The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo
Directed by	Claude Autant-Lara
Starring	Louis Jourdan; Yvonne Furneaux; Pierre Mondy
Cinematography	Jacques Natteau
Music by	René Cloërec
Release date	1961
Running time	180 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$33.6 million

The Count of Monte Cristo is a 1961 French-Italian film version of Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel directed by Claude Autant-Lara.

Cast[]

Louis Jourdan : Edmond Dantes
Yvonne Furneaux : Mercedes
Pierre Mondy : Caderousse
Bernard Dhéran : Villefort
Franco Silva : Mario
[fr] : Haydée
Jean-Claude Michel : Fernand de Morcerf
Yves Rénier : Albert de Mortcerf
Roldano Lupi : Morel
[fr] : Madame Caderousse
Jean Martinelli : Vidocq
Henri Guisol : L'abbé Faria

Reception[]

The film was the seventh most popular film at the French box office in 1961. The sixth most popular was a version of The Three Musketeers.^[2]

References[]

^ "Le Comte de Monte Cristo (1961) (1961) - JPBox-Office".
^ French box office for 1961 at Box Office Story

External links[]

The Count of Monte Cristo at IMDb

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[1] "Le Comte de Monte Cristo (1961) (1961) - JPBox-Office".

[louis-2] French box office for 1961 at Box Office Story

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