Episode 1
Episode 1
1h 38m6.5 / 10
Edmond Dantes seems destined for success as a sea-captain and happiness as the future husband of the beautiful Mercedes. But he has enemies.
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TV series
The Count of Monte Cristo
1998NR1 season7.3 / 10
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.
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Checked Sep 3, 2026
The Count of Monte Cristo premiered September 7, 1998. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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.
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Episode 2
Episode 2
1h 43m6.8 / 10
Free and now very rich, Edmond Dantes pursues his revenge - but his enemies have now risen in the world, too.
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Episode 3
Episode 3
1h 43m6.5 / 10
Edmond draws the net tighter around his enemies, but is he also destroying himself in so doing?
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Episode 4
Episode 4
1h 32m6.7 / 10finale
After twenty-five years, Edmond at last achieves his vengeance - but it comes at a great cost.
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Cast
Gérard DepardieuEdmond Dantès
Ornella MutiMercédès Herrera
Jean RochefortFernand Mondego
Michel AumontBaron Danglars
Pierre ArditiGérard de Villefort
Roland BlancheGaspard Caderousse
Guillaume DepardieuYoung Edmond Dantès
Naike RivelliYoung Mercédès HerreraCredits
- Created by
- Josée Dayan
- Written by
- Didier Decoin, Alexandre Dumas
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Miniseries
- Episodes
- 4
- Original language
- French
- Original title
- Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Networks & production
TF1France
MediasetItaly- DD ProductionsFrance
TF1France
MEDIA Programme of the European UnionBelgium
Taurus FilmGermany
Themes
based on novel or bookminiseriesrevengetreasurewoman director