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5 unusual facts about The Count of Monte Cristo


Crimson Peak

Del Toro sent them his screenplays for a film adaptation of At the Mountains of Madness, a Western adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo, and Crimson Peak.

Padayottam

The story was inspired by the famous novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.

Teresa, Contessa Guiccioli

Alexandre Dumas included her as a minor character in his novel The Count of Monte Cristo using the disguised name "Countess G-".

The Treasure of Monte Cristo

The film takes the same name as an unofficial sequel to The Count of Monte Cristo, namely The Treasure of Monte Cristo, written by Jules Lermina in 1885.

Time Commander

Calling himself the Time Commander, the “Modern Monte Cristo,” Starr’s criminal career focused on rewriting his past: making himself appear “railroaded” into prison, and killing his former employer.


Brittas Bay

Parts of the movie The Count of Monte Cristo starring Jim Caviezel was filmed here.

Christ 0

This concept album interprets the novel The Count of Monte Cristo, exploring the story of a man imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit and following his chain of vengeful murders through the eyes of "X," an Interpol detective assigned to the case.

Elissa Landi

She was paired successfully with some of the major leading men, such as David Manners, Charles Farrell, Warner Baxter, and Ronald Colman in romantic dramas such as Body and Soul (1931) before appearing in the box office hit The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) with Robert Donat.

Pierre Picaud

Pierre Picaud was a 19th-century shoemaker in Nîmes who may have been the basis for the character of Edmond Dantès in Alexandre Dumas, père's novel, The Count of Monte Cristo.

Postage stamps and postal history of Malta

The 6c was to commemorate the film 'The Malta Story' (1953), the 12c 'Shout at the Devil' (1975), the 22c 'Popeye' (1980), the 27c 'The Count of Monte Cristo' (2002), and the 50c 'Gladiator' (2000).

Sidney Carroll

He wrote the screenplays for the 1974 Richard Chamberlain television version of The Count of Monte Cristo as well as the original story for the Michael Caine heist movie Gambit.

Theater St. Gallen

Among them, in 2009, the theater featured the world premiere of The Count of Monte Cristo, a musical by Frank Wildhorn.


see also

The Return of Monte Cristo

The grandson of the Count of Monte Cristo is falsely accused of a crime and imprisoned on Devil's Island.