The Count of Monte Cristo (French: Le comte de Monte Cristo) is a 1943 French-Italian historical drama film directed by Robert Vernay, with Ferruccio Cerio serving as the supervising director. Based on the classic 1844 novel Le Comte de Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père, this two-part film stars Pierre Richard-Willm in the title role. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and the Cité Elgé in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux.
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Plot
Edmond Dantès, first mate of a merchant ship returning from the Orient, having taken command of his ship after the death of the captain, docks at Elba to deliver a letter to Napoleon. As a result of this imprudence, committed to respect the will of his predecessor, he falls victim to a plot hatched by the sailor Caderousse, by the officer Fernand Mondego (later Count de Morcerf), in love with Mercédès, Dantès's fiancée, and by the magistrate Gérard de Villefort (who fears to be compromised by the ultra-Bonapartist activities of his father, General Noirtier). Dantes is then taken in secret to the depths of a castle off the coast of Marseille…
Cast
Pierre Richard-Willm 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
Henri Bosc as Fernand, le comte de Morcerf
Jacques Baumer as Noirtier
André Fouché as Benedetto
René Bergeron as Le policier
Marie-Hélène Dasté as Madame de Villefort
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