Mathias Sandorf

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**Mathias Sandorf**

First edition cover
Author	Jules Verne
Country	France
Language	French
Genre(s)	Novel
Publisher	Bibliotheque D'Education Et De Recreation (orig.) & Samson Low (Eng. trans)
Released	1885
Media Type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN	NA

Published in 1885, Mathias Sandorf is Jules Verne's 27th novel. He dedicated it to Alexandre Dumas, and the plot is inspired by the great Dumas classic The Count of Monte Cristo.

1 Plot introduction
2 Allusions/references to actual history, geography and current science
3 Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
4 Trivia
5 Footnotes

[edit] Plot introduction

The honor of Count Mathias Sandorf and his two colleagues is at stake so the mysterious Dr. Antekirtt and his associates work to retrieve it. Sandorf was imprisoned for organizing a revolt against Austria's rule of Hungary.

[edit] Allusions/references to actual history, geography and current science

The main character was probably based on the Hungarian freedom fighter Lajos Kossuth. The novel deals with a failed attempt of three Hungarian nobles to cause Hungary to break away from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At one point the rebels manage to escape from the dungeon of the Pazin Kastel by descending through the underground labyrinth to the Limski Kanal Fjord.

Also set a large part of the plot in Pazin a city in Istria, Croatia.

First edition title page

[edit] Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

First known film adaptation was made in 1921 and directed by Henri Fescourt. It had a cast including Yvette Andréyor, [Romuald Joube]], Jean Toulout.

This novel was adapted into a film in 1963 and directed by Georges Lampin and starring Louis Jourdan, Francisco Rabal, Renaud Mary, Serena Vergano

Also a TV miniseries was made for French television in 1979. Directed by [Jean-Pierre Decourt]] it starred Istvan Bujtor as Mathias Sandorf, Ivan Desny as Zathmar, Amadeus August, Claude Giraud, Monika Peitsch, Sissy Höfferer, Jacques Breuer

[edit] Trivia

The first two chapters of a new 2005 English translation can be read at ^[1] French and Russian versions can be accessed through links at the same website.