The Prisoner of If Castle
Feb 01 1989
•5h 30m
•Adventure, TV Movie
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
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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
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