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The Count of Monte Cristo
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.
2002 · Directed by Kevin Reynolds · 131 min · Adventure · Drama · History · Action · 9 frames
Tagline
Prepare for adventure. Count on revenge.
Crew
- Screenplay: Jay Wolpert
- Cinematography: Andrew Dunn
- Edited by: Stephen Semel, Christopher Womack
- Music: Edward Shearmur
- Production design: Mark Geraghty
- Produced by: Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman, Roger Birnbaum
Cast
- Jim Caviezel as Edmond Dantes
- Guy Pearce as Fernand Mondego
- Richard Harris as Abbé Faria
- James Frain as J.F. Villefort
- Dagmara Dominczyk as Mercedes Iguanada
- Michael Wincott as Armand Dorleac
- Luis Guzmán as Jacopo
- Christopher Adamson as Maurice
- JB Blanc as Luigi Vampa
- Henry Cavill as Albert Mondego
Production
- Country: Ireland, United States of America, Switzerland, United Kingdom
- Language: English, Italian, Spanish
- Studios: Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, World 2000 Entertainment, Count of Monte Cristo Ltd.
- Budget: $35,000,000
- Box office: $75,395,048
- Themes: treasure, based on novel or book, loss of loved one, marseille, france, female lover, ex-lover, napoleon bonaparte, prison escape, sword fight, torture
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