This is not vengeance, this is justice.
Edmond Dantès becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.
based on novel or book
count
revenge
wrongful conviction
hidden fortune
19th century
moral downfall
post‑napoleonic france
parisian aristocracy
marseille harbor
betrayal conspiracy
methodical vengeance
lost love tragedy
power corruption
luxurious estates