Among them are Irene Harvey and Douglas Walton as the two young lovers - Valentine de Villefort and Albert Mondego Luis Alberni as Jacopo Lawrence Grant as a slightly hammy de Villefort Sr. There were performances that I found solid, but not particularly interesting. I certainly have no complaints about the performances in "THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO". Because I did not find this method particularly satisfying. I wish the screenwriters had found another way for Dantès to exact revenge upon de Villefort other than prematurely exposing himself. For once, I wish they had not been so faithful. Even worse, the screenwriters decided to be faithful to Dumas' novel by having the duel before Dantès' acts of vengeance against Danglars and de Villefort. It did not help that I found Dantès' duel with Mondego rather dull. If it were not for Dantès' schemes against his enemies - especially Fernand Mondego - I would have been bored with the movie's second half.
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Although the movie seemed to be balanced between action and drama, I would have preferred if that balance had been maintained throughout the film. However, I do have my complaints regarding "THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO". That disappointment was eliminated when the screenwriters allowed the couple to spend their remaining years together. As much as I admired Dumas' bittersweet ending to Dantès and Mercedes' relationship, I have always found it somewhat. Frankly, I am glad that Lee and the other two screenwriters made this change. Unlike the novel, the pair eventually reconcile with each other, following the death of Mercedes' husband. One of the major differences between this movie and Dumas' novel is the romance between Dantès and Mercedes. My favorite scheme centered around Dantès' exposure of Mondego's murderous actions against I have no problem with this. Aside from a brief duel between Dantès and Mondego, most of the second half seemed dominated by drama and Dantès' schemes. I found it interesting that most of the action occurred in the movie's first half - before Dantès' transformation into the Count of Monte Cristo. "THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO" benefited from a script that balanced action with drama. Lee, Philip Dunne and Dan Totheroh, despite some of the changes they made from the novel. The movie benefited from solid writing by director Rowland V. I do know that I enjoyed "THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO" very much. Is it the best? It all depends on individual preference. Many critics have labeled this movie as the best adaptation of Dumas' novel. He also learns that Mercedes had married Mondego not long after his imprisonment. He hopes to avenge himself against those who had betrayed him – Danglars, Villefort, Mondego. They find the treasure that Faria had talked about and Edmond uses it to establish the persona of the Count of Monte Cristo. Dantès escapes from the prison and befriends a group of smugglers that include a thief named Jacopo. Faria educates Dantès and informs the latter a fabulous hidden treasure before he is killed in a cave-in. There, he meets a fellow prisoner, a priest and a former soldier in Napoleon's army named Abbé Faria. Thanks to the first mate Danglars, who is jealous of Dantès' rapid rise to captain an ambitious city magistrate named Raymond de Villefort, Jr., who wants to stem a possible family scandal, due to his father being identified as the man to whom Napoléon had written the letter and his best friend Fernand Mondego, who is in love with Dantès' fiancée, Mercedes de Rosas Dantès ends up on an island prison called Château d'If. Set between the last months of the Napoleonic Wars and the 1830s, "THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO" told the story of merchant sailor Edmond Dantès becomes a victim of French political machinations and personal jealousy after his dying captain Leclère, a supporter of the exiled Napoléon I, charges him to deliver a letter from the exiled former emperor to an unknown man in Marseilles. And since I happened to like Dumas' story so much, I decided to see how much I would like this older version. While reading a good number of articles about the movie versions of the novel, I came across numerous praises for the 1934 adaptation that starred Robert Donat. I have seen only two versions of Alexandre Dumas père's 1845 novel, "The Count of Monte Cristo" in my past - the 1975 television version with Richard Chamberlain and the 2002 Disney film with James Cavielzel. "THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO" (1934) Review
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