The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Christo is an 1844 French novel by Alexandre Dumas (author of The Three Musketeers). It tells the story of a man, falsely imprisoned as a Bonapartist, who escapes, gains wealth, and seeks vengeance on those who wronged him.

Connections

 * Wolf Ackva played Boville in a 1979 French miniseries
 * Henry Cavill played Albert in The Count of Monte Cristo (2002, film)
 * Emma Cohen played Mercedes in a 1969 Spanish TV version (aired on Novela)
 * James Frain played Villefort in in The Count of Monte Cristo (2002, film)
 * Freddie Jones played Colonel Villefort in The Count of Monte Cristo (2002, film)
 * Orson Welles played Edmond Dantes in a 1938 Mercury Theater of the Air radio broadcast and again on Campbell Playhouse (1939)