Le Comte du Monte Cristo  [videorecording] 
Title on discs and on container:  Count of Monte Cristo 

 - France Rene  Chateau video  c2003, 1998. 
 - 2 videodiscs (90 min, 90 min.) :  sd., col. ;  4 3/4 in. 
<br/><br/> Videodisc release of the 1998 French television production.  Based upon the novel by Alexandre Dumas. 
<br/><br/>Screenplay by Didier Decoin ; produced by Jean-Pierre Guerin ; directed by Josâee Dayan ; director of photography, Willy Stassen ; editor, Marie-Joseph Yoyotte ; music, Bruno Coulais.  Screenplay by Didier Decoin ; produced by Jean-Pierre Guerin ; directed by Josâee Dayan ; director of photography, Willy Stassen ; editor, Marie-Joseph Yoyotte ; music, Bruno Coulais. 
<br/><br/>Gâerard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Jean Rochefort, Pierre Arditi, Michel Aumont, Sergio Rubini. 
<br/><br/> Tells the dramatic story of Edmond Dantes, a young French sailor who is falsely denounced as a political traitor and unjustly imprisoned for eighteen years without trial. After a daring escape, Dantes flees to the island of Monte Cristo, where he finds a colossal treasure bequeathed to him by a dying fellow inmate. Using these riches, he assumes a new identity and devises a plan of vengeance upon all those who betrayed him. 
<br/><br/> Not rated. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD. 
<br/><br/><br/>In French 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Feature films.<br/>Foreign films--France.<br/>Television adaptations.<br/>Adventure films.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>France--History--19th century--Drama.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>CM DVD 01048