The Prisoner of If Castle (1989)
Synopsis
A Russian version of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, 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
Release Date: 1989-02-01
Runtime: 270 minutes
Director: Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich
Top Cast
- Viktor Avilov as Edmond Dantes in maturity, aka Count of Monte Cristo
- Evgeniy Dvorzhetskiy as Edmond Dantes in his youth and Albert de Morcer
- Anna Samokhina as Mercedes Herrera
- Mikhail Boyarskiy as Fernand Mondego, Comte de Morcer
- Aleksey Petrenko as Abbot Faria
- Nadira Mirzayeva as Haide
- Aleksei Zharkov as Danglars
- Svetlana Smirnova as Ermina Danglars
- Yana Poplavskaya as Eugenie Danglars
- Igor Sklyar as Benedetto
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