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The Prisoner of If Castle
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The Prisoner of If Castle

1989-02-01 · 270 min · ★ 6.9

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A Russian version of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmond escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmond must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him

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Directors
Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich
Production companies
Odessa Film Studio
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

Top Cast

Viktor AvilovViktor AvilovEdmond Dantes/Count of Monte Cristo
Evgeniy DvorzhetskiyEvgeniy DvorzhetskiyEdmond Dantes in his youth/Albert de Morcer
Anna SamokhinaAnna SamokhinaMercedes Herrera
Mikhail BoyarskiyMikhail BoyarskiyFernand Mondego - Comte de Morcer
Aleksey PetrenkoAleksey Petrenkoabbot Faria
Nadira MirzayevaNadira MirzayevaHaide
Aleksei ZharkovAleksei ZharkovDanglars
Svetlana SmirnovaSvetlana SmirnovaErmina Danglars
Yana PoplavskayaYana PoplavskayaEugenie Danglars
Igor SklyarIgor SklyarBenedetto
Arnis LīcītisArnis LīcītisGerard de Villefort
Valentina VoilkovaValentina VoilkovaEloise de Villefort
Yulle SinisaluYulle SinisaluValentina de Villefort
Vsevolod ShilovskyVsevolod ShilovskyGaspar Cadrousse
Natalya PozdnyakovaNatalya PozdnyakovaCarconte
Igor BogodukhIgor Bogodukhshipowner Pierre Morrel
Peteris GaudinsPeteris GaudinsMaximilian Morrel
Sergei ShentalinskySergei ShentalinskyFranz de Quesnel Baron d'Epinay
Yuriy DubrovinYuriy DubrovinBatisten
Nikolay KochegarovNikolay KochegarovBoshan

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