The Count of Monte Cristo

1934

Action / Adventure / Crime / Drama / History / Romance / Thriller

21
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 78% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 78% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 3721 3.7K

prison escape napoleon bonaparte revenge dungeon 1800s

Plot summary

After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to revenge himself on them.

Director

Rowland V. Lee Photo
Rowland V. Lee

Top cast

Sidney Blackmer Photo
Sidney Blackmer as Mondego
Edward Hearn Photo
Edward Hearn as Signalman
Theodore Lorch Photo
Theodore Lorch as Citizen
William H. O'Brien Photo
William H. O'Brien as Mondego's Butler
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933.76 MB
968*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 53 min
Seeds 2
1.78 GB
1440*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 53 min
Seeds 24

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by riesx002 7 / 10

Worthwile rendition of an impossible-to-film novel

No film version can substitute for reading the unabridged version of The Count of Monte Cristo. No doubt there is no substitute for reading it in French, but for English-speakers Robin Buss' 1996 English translation reportedly captures the both spirit and letter of Dumas' novel better than previous translations. In my opinion, the 1934 film also captures the spirit of the book, but omits many characters and story lines, and adds or rewrites others. Nevertheless, this film version is fun to watch.
Reviewed by 1930s_Time_Machine 7 / 10

Superbly entertaining but not quite a classic

This excellently made picture is one that those you can watch over and over again. It's not however going to be anyone's all time favourite because you can't help feeling that it could have been a bit better. It's a great film but the extra magic which a film like this should have seems missing.It was the STAR WARS of its day. It's a proper big budget, exciting adventure story and although it's as old to us now as it was to the makers of this film from the writing of the novel, it's still the most accessible and easiest to watch. There are none of the old fashioned traits of silent movies sometimes seen in some 1930s films in this. Perhaps it's because it's set in the past but the style of acting feels absolutely perfect for a story like this. It's almost a classic.Although as a film it's faultless, in the hands of a different director I am sure it could have been even better. The themes of vengeance, justice and hope are explored well but they don't quite engage on an emotional level. Had this been made by someone like David Lean - or possibly even by Michael Curtiz or George Cukor, the nuances of those themes could have spoken to our hearts rather than just to our heads. There's nothing wrong with this film at all, it's just lacks that spark of magic to raise it to the next level.
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