Monte Cristo (1922 film)

Monte Cristo
Monte Cristo
	Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	April 1, 1922 (Premiere); September 3, 1922; April 1927 (Re-release);
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Monte Cristo

Monte Cristo is a 1922 American silent

lost until a print surfaced in the Czech Republic.^{[clarification needed]} The film has been released on DVD, packaged with Gilbert's 1926 MGM film Bardelys the Magnificent.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

Chateau d'If

. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.

Cast

Edmond Dantes
, the Count of Monte Cristo
Estelle Taylor as Mercedes, Countess de Morcerf
Robert McKim as De Villefort, the king's public prosecutor
William V. Mong as Caderousse, the innkeeper
Virginia Brown Faire as Haidee, an Arabian princess
George Siegmann as Luigi Vampa, ex-pirate
Spottiswoode Aitken as Abbe Faria
Ralph Cloninger as Fernand, Count de Morcerf
Albert Prisco as Baron Danglars
Al. W. Filson as Morrel, shipowner (as Al Filson)
Harry Lonsdale as Dantes, father of Edmond
Francis McDonald as Benedetto
Jack Cosgrave as Governor of Chateau d'If (as Jack Cosgrove)
Maude George as Baroness Danglars
Renée Adorée as Eugenie Danglars, her daughter
Gaston Glass as Albert de Morcerf

References

^ Monte Cristo at silentera.com
^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Monte Cristo

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[1] Monte Cristo at silentera.com

[2] The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971

[3] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Monte Cristo

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v t e The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Characters	Edmond Dantès Abbé Faria
Films	The Count of Monte Cristo (1912) The Count of Monte Cristo (1913) Monte Cristo (1922) Monte Cristo (1929) The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) El Conde de Monte Cristo (1942) The Count of Monte Cristo (1943) The Return of Monte Cristo (1946) The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946) Mask of the Avenger (1951) The Sword of Monte Cristo (1951) The Count of Monte Cristo (1953) The Count of Monte Cristo (1954) Karkottai (1954) Vanji-Kottai Valipan (1958) Raj Tilak (1958) The Count of Monte Cristo (1961) The Treasure of Monte Cristo (1961) The Return of Monte Cristo (1968) Jeevan Mrityu (1970) The Count of Monte Cristo (1975) Bhuierantlo Munis (1977) Padayottam (1982) Veta (1986) The Prisoner of Château d'If (1988) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)
Television	The Count of Monte Cristo (1956) The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) The Count of Monte Cristo (1998 miniseries) Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo Montecristo Ezel Yago (Mexican remake) Revenge İntikam (Turkish remake) Venganza (Colombian remake) El Conde: Amor y honor The Count of Monte Cristo (2024)
Literature	The Stars My Destination The Stars' Tennis Balls A Prisoner of Birth The Baron of Magister Valley
Other	The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (biography) The Count of Monte Cristo (Wildhorn-Murphy musical) The Count of Monte Cristo (Behr musical) Christ 0 (album)
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