The target of a sinister plot, young Edmond Dantes (Pierre Niney, Yves Saint Laurent) is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After fourteen years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.
A sprawling, swashbuckling historical epic, masterfully adapting Alexandre Dumas’ classic 1200 page adventure behemoth, The Count of Monte Cristo delivers upon grandly staged, sweeping big-screen spectacle to rival that of Dumas’ other frequently adapted beloved classic, The Three Musketeers.