Miniseries · TF1
The Count of Monte Cristo
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Gérard Depardieu
Edmond Dantès
4 eps
Ornella Muti
Mercédès Herrera
4 eps
Jean Rochefort
Fernand Mondego
4 eps
Michel Aumont
Baron Danglars
4 eps
Pierre Arditi
Gérard de Villefort
4 eps
Roland Blanche
Gaspard Caderousse
4 eps
Guillaume Depardieu
Young Edmond Dantès
4 eps
Naike Rivelli
Young Mercédès Herrera
4 eps
Julien Rochefort
Young Fernand Mondego
4 eps
Dimitri Rataud
Young Danglars
4 eps
Michel Bompoil
Young Gérard de Villefort
4 eps
Arthur Nauzyciel
Young Gaspard Caderousse
4 eps
Georges Moustaki
Abbé Faria
4 eps
Stanislas Merhar
Albert de Morcerf
4 eps
Jean-Marc Thibault
Barrois
4 eps
Patrick Bouchitey
Beauchamp
4 eps
Sergio Rubini
Bertuccio
4 eps
Didier Lesour
Boville
4 eps
Florence Darel
Camille de la Richardais
4 eps
Frédéric Gorny
Château-Renaud
4 eps
Daniel Martin
Dr. d'Avrigny
4 eps
Stéphan Guérin-Tillié
Franz d'Épinay
4 eps
Rodolphe Pauly
Hassan
4 eps
Inés Sastre
Haydée
4 eps
Hélène Vincent
Heloïse de Villefort
4 eps
Constanze Engelbrecht
Hermine Danglars
4 eps
Sergio Fiorentini
Judge Simonetti
4 eps
Michèle Bardollet
La Carconte
4 eps
Mattia Sbragia
Luigi Vampa
4 eps
Micheline Presle
Madame de Saint-Méran
4 eps
Christopher Thompson
Maximilien Morrel
4 eps
Jean-Claude Brialy
Morrel's Father
4 eps
Hichem Rostom
Muhammad
4 eps
Serge Merlin
Noirtier de Villefort
4 eps
Ubaldo Lo Presti
Pepino
4 eps
Thierry de Peretti
Toussaint
4 eps
Julie Depardieu
Valentine de Villefort
4 eps
Stéphane Boucher
The Captain of the Jeune Amélie
4 eps
Dominique Besnehard
The Defense Lawyer
4 eps
Renato Scarpa
The Director of Thompson & French
4 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Count of Monte Cristo actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Count of Monte Cristo reads strongest on Bingeability, Serialized and Tension.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
A TV mini-series adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is unjustly sent to prison for 18 years. He escapes to reclaim his fiancée Mercedes and revenge against his nemesis, Mondego.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Jean-Pierre GuérinProducer
- Doris KirchProducer
Writing
- Didier DecoinWriter
Direction
- Josée DayanDirector
Cinematography
- Willy StassenDirector of Photography
Music
- Bruno CoulaisOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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