The Count of Monte Cristo (film)

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The novel The Count of Monte Cristo has been adapted to many screen versions, including several films, numerous TV series and an anime series. It has been estimated that this story has been filmed once every eighteen months from 1920 on. Notable versions include:

• The Count of Monte Cristo (1908 film) (1908), silent film
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1913 film) (1913), starring James O'Neill
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1929 film) (1929), directed by Henri Fescourt
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1934 film) (1934), starring Robert Donat
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1943 film) (1943), starring Pierre Richard-Willm
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1955 film) (1955), starring Jean Marais, Lia Amanda
• The Count of Monte Cristo (series) (1956), ITC Entertainment TV series
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1961 film) (1961) , starring Louis Jourdan
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1964 series) (1964), BBC TV series starring Alan Badel, Natasha Parry
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1968 film) (Under the sign of Monte Cristo) (1968), starring Paul Barge, Claude Jade, Pierre Brasseur
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1975 film) (1975), starring Richard Chamberlain, Kate Nelligan, Tony Curtis (at times mistaken for having been made in 1974)
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1980 film) (1980), TV miniseries starring Jacques Weber, Carla Romanelli
• The Prisoner of Chateau d'If (1988), Russian film starring Viktor Avilov, Mikhail Boyarsky
• The Count of Monte Cristo (1998 film) (1998), TV miniseries starring Gérard Depardieu, Ornella Muti
• The Count of Monte Cristo (2002 film) (2002), starring James Caviezel, Dagmara Dominczyk, Guy Pearce