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The main character Edmond Dantès was a merchant sailor before his imprisonment. (Illustration by Pierre-Gustave Staal) On the day in 1815 when Napoleon escapes from Elba, Edmond Dantès sails the Pharaon into Marseille after the death of the captain, Leclère. The ship's owner, Morrel, will make Dantès the next captain.
Edmond asks Fernand to be his best man at their upcoming wedding. However, on the wedding day, Edmond is arrested and accused of being a Bonapartist. Brought before Gérard de Villefort, Marseille's deputy prosecutor, Edmond maintains his innocence, prompting Villefort to consider releasing him. However, Edmond reveals he knows Angèle's identity.
Edmond thanks Caderousse for the information, paying him with a large diamond that he said had come into Edmond's possession while in prison. Realizing that only Morrel had remained loyal, Edmond creates three disguises – an Englishman named Lord Wilmore, a clerk from the banking firm Thomson and French, and Sinbad the Sailor – and uses ...
“The Count of Monte Cristo,” one of four films on France’s shortlist for the country’s official submission to the Academy Awards, will open on Dec. 20 in U.S. theaters.
François "Pierre" Picaud (French:) was a 19th-century shoemaker in Nîmes, France who may have been the basis for the character of Edmond Dantès in Alexandre Dumas, père's 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo. [1]
The 19th Century France events takes place a few years after Edmond's imprisonment. The Enchanted Forest events take place during "The Cricket Game", after the Evil Queen's cancelled execution and before Snow White and Prince Charming's wedding day in "Pilot". [1] The Storybrooke events take place after "The Savior".
Unjustly accused of treason, young sailor Edmond Dantès is imprisoned without trial in the Château d'If, a gloomy island fortress off the coast of Marseille. After many years of imprisonment, he finally manages to escape and, assuming the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo, enacts his revenge against those who deprived him of his freedom.
James O'Neill had been playing Edmond Dantès most of his adult life and was famous in the role. Daniel Frohman and Adolph Zukor produced together. Edwin S. Porter co-directed with Joseph Golden, though this was probably necessary as Porter also served as the film's cinematographer. [2]