The Count of Monte Cristo
The tale is set in 18th century France. A story, full of ambition, intrigue, hatred, love, and vengeance, that tells us how Edmundo Dantès, a young seaman who is soon to wed his beloved Mercédès, is falsely accused of treason and imprisoned in the Castillo de If. There, he meets Abbé Farias, an old prisoner who teaches him mathematics, science, languages and a vast collection of knowledge, and ultimately reveals to him the secret of a fabulous treasure hidden on the island of Monte Cristo. Upon escaping the prison, Dantès recovers the treasure, and transforms himself into the Count of Monte Cristo in order to exact his revenge upon those who have wronged him.
Episodes
Runtime: 4h 0m
Edmundo Dantès returns to Marseilles after a long voyage aboard the Pharaon and reunites with his father and his sweetheart, Mercédès Herrera. Jealous of his recent promotion and his engagement to Mercédès, Danglars and Fernand Mondego forge a letter accusing Dantès of Bonapartist sympathies, leading to Dantès' imprisonment in the Castillo de If.
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Dantès learns of the treasure hidden on the isle of Monte Cristo and escapes from the Castillo de If.
Runtime: 4h 0m
14 years after his arrest, Dantès briefly returns to Marseilles to pay a debt. After bidding farewell to his old life, he begins his transformation into the Count of Monte Cristo, assembling his plans for vengeance upon the conspirators.
Runtime: 4h 0m
Years have passed and the mysterious Count of Monte Cristo arrives in France with a young woman named Haydée, and becomes involved in the engagements, contracts, and schemes of Parisian socialites and nobles. We begin to follow the lives of Albert de Morcerf, Eugénia Danglars, Franz d'épinay, Valentina de Villefort, and Maximiliano Morrel and their interconnected tribulations.
Runtime: 3h 50m
The Crown Prosecutor begins investigating the Count; meanwhile, the Count's schemes lead to the elimination of his first target.
Runtime: 2h 40m
The Count of Morcerf is publicly disgraced, leading to a fateful confrontation between his son, Albert, and the Count of Monte Cristo
Runtime: 2h 25m
The Count's plan reaches fruition with the fall of his remaining two enemies. Now all that remains is to arrange the final pieces on the board and finish the game.
