The Prisoner of If Castle (1989)

02/01/1989 (SU) • 4h 30m

Adventure, TV Movie

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

Viktor Avilov

Edmond Dantes in maturity, aka Count of Monte Cristo

Evgeniy Dvorzhetskiy

Edmond Dantes in his youth and Albert de Morcer

Anna Samokhina

Mercedes Herrera

Mikhail Boyarskiy

Fernand Mondego, Comte de Morcer

Aleksey Petrenko

Abbot Faria

Svetlana Smirnova

Ermina Danglars

Yana Poplavskaya

Eugenie Danglars


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Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

based on novel or book

miniseries

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