Miniseries · Rai 1
The Count of Monte Cristo
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Sam Claflin
Edmond Dantès
8 eps
Ana Girardot
Mercedes
8 eps
Blake Ritson
Danglars
8 eps
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Gerard Villefort
8 eps
Harry Taurasi
Fernand
8 eps
Michele Riondino
Jacopo
8 eps
Jeremy Irons
Abbé Faria
8 eps
Lino Guanciale
Vampa
8 eps
Nicolas Maupas
Albert de Morcerf
8 eps
Jason Barnett
Caderousse
8 eps
Méghane De Croock
Eugenia
8 eps
Ramona Von Pusch
Isabelle
8 eps
Poppy Corby-Tuech
Heloise
8 eps
Gabriella Pession
Hermine
8 eps
Karla-Simone Spence
Haydee
8 eps
Amaryllis August
Valentine de Villefort
8 eps
Martina Laird
Sabrine
8 eps
Nicholas Farrell
Morrel
8 eps
Robin Greer
Maximilien Morrel
8 eps
Luke Carroll
Governor
8 eps
Ben Moor
Beauchamp
8 eps
Simone Zambelli
Ettore
8 eps
Louise Gold
Marquises Saint Meran
8 eps
Roger Sloman
Louis Dantes
8 eps
Nell Baker
Julie Morrel
8 eps
Henry Lawfull
Gaston
8 eps
Leo Harris
Edward Villefort
8 eps
Alexander E. Winter
Transvestite with Green Dress (uncredited)
1 eps
William McBain
Captain
1 eps
Peter Winfield
Gendarme (uncredited)
1 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, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 8 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Miniseries
20258 episodes
6.8IMDbUnjustly accused of treason, young French sailor Edmond Dantès is imprisoned without trial in the Château d'If, a forbidding island fortress off the coast of Marseille. During years of imprisonment, a fellow prisoner, a scholarly abbot, educates Edmond in multiple subjects. Before dying, the abbot reveals where a vast treasure is hidden on a deserted island. Edmond escapes and, finding the treasure, assumes the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo. He uses his wealth to enact revenge against his betrayers.
Best episode · S01E07 The Duel
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E07 · Signature episode
The Duel
Edmond finds Villefort's illegitimate son Gaston, who has become a thief. Danglars reveals Fernand's betrayal in Algeria, Fernand's son Albert becomes enraged and challenges Edmond to a duel.
S01E08 · Signature episode
The Last Two
Edmond exposes Heloise's poisoning plot. Midwife testifies against father at Gaston's infanticide trial. Years later, Edmond reunites with Mercedes in Marseille, questioning ability to love again.
S01E02 · Signature episode
The Castle
Edmond, imprisoned for ten years, meets Abbé Faria, a fellow inmate digging an escape tunnel, sparking a chance at freedom.
S01E04 · Signature episode
The Red Room
Five years after Edmond becomes the Count of Monte Cristo, he meets his enemies in Paris. Edmond invites them all to dinner and tells a spooky story about a newborn baby buried alive, which horrifies several of his guests.
S01E03 · Signature episode
The Treasure
Edmond arrives in Marseille and learns that his father has died, that Mercedes has married and moved to Paris. During his visit to Mrseille, he encounters a young Italian man named Jacopo with whom he escapes to Italy by boat. After an evening at Jacopo's home, Edmond borrows Jacopo's boat and navigates to the Island of Monte-Cristo in search of the lost treasure.
S01E06
Providence
Edmond introduces Vampa, now in the role of the wealthy Count of Spada, to society. Spada says he came to Paris to find a wife. Edmond convinces old Noirtier to reveal a secret.
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Latest Episodes
S01E07 · Signature episode
The Duel
S01E08 · Signature episode
The Last Two
S01E05
The Ball
S01E06
Providence
S01E03 · Signature episode
The Treasure
S01E04 · Signature episode
The Red Room
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
- Carlo Degli EspostiProducer
- Lou GauthierProducer
- Sebastien PavardProducer
- Patrizia MassaExecutive Producer
- Nicola SerraProducer
Cinematography
- Sebastian BlenkovDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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