''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (French: ''Le comte de Monte Cristo'') is a 1943 French-Italian film directed by

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as the supervising director. Based on the classic 1844 novel ''

Le Comte de Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (french: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (''père'') completed in 1844. It is one of the author's more popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers''. Li ...

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, this two-part film stars

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in the title role. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the

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Cast

as Edmond Dantès *Michèle Alfa as Mercédès *Aimé Clariond as Monsieur de Villefort *Marcel Herrand as Bertuccio *Ermete Zacconi as L'abbé Faria *Alexandre Rignault as Caderousse * as Fernand, le comte de Morcerf *Jacques Baumer as Noirtier *André Fouché as Benedetto * as Le policier * as Madame de Villefort *Yves Deniaud (actor), Yves Deniaud as Pénélan *Fred Pasquali as Joannès *Jean Joffre as Dantès père *Paul Faivre as Brissard *Georges Colin as Le juge d'instruction *Line Noro as La Carconte *Charles Granval as Monsieur Morel

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