Stirringly acted and gorgeously filmed, this swashbuckler leaves previous versions of Dumas’s famous revenge saga in the dust. By Jeannette Catsoulis When you purchase a ticket for an ...
There’s a reason Alexandre Dumas’s “The Count of Monte Cristo” has proven so durable: it’s satisfying as hell. This story of false imprisonment and meticulously executed comeuppance is the ur-text of ...
Alexandre de la Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte’s fanciful and rollicking adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo doesn’t reinvent the classic story, but it’s another shining example of how ...
The Count of Monte Cristo is a 2024 French film and is mainly based on Alexandre Dumas's book. Pierre Niney plays Edmond Dantès in this Matthieu Delaporte. The film is directed by Alexandre de La ...
Appearing again in disguise as a wealthy, worldly, black-clad count (but harboring an elaborate plan of retribution), Edmond glides back into the prosperous lives of the men who betrayed him.
First introduced in the 1922 German silent film Nosferatu, Count Orlok sparked numerous controversies over his similarities to Dracula — and even inspired rumors that the actor who played him was a ...