--- title: 'Monte Cristo (1922)' type: 'film' director: 'Emmett J. Flynn' released: '1922-09-03' runtime_minutes: 107 genres: - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/monte-cristo-1922' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013402/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Monte Cristo (1922) 1922 · 107 min · Romance · United States ## Synopsis Monte Cristo is a 1922 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and directed by Emmett J. Flynn. It is based on the 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, which was adapted by 19th century thespian Charles Fechter and written for this screen version by Bernard McConville. John Gilbert plays the hero with Estelle Taylor as the leading lady. This film was long thought lost until a print surfaced in the Czech Republic. The film has been released on DVD, packaged with Gilbert's 1926 MGM film Bardelys the Magnificent. ## Credits - **Director:** [Emmett J. Flynn](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmett-j-flynn) - **Screenplay:** [Charles Fechter](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-fechter) - **Producer:** [William Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-fox-2) - **Director of Photography:** [Lucien Andriot](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucien-andriot) ## Cast - [John Gilbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gilbert-3) as Edmond Dantès - [William V. Mong](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-v-mong) - [George Campbell](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-campbell) - [Renée Adorée](https://cinepixo.com/people/renee-adoree) as Eugénie Danglars - [Spottiswoode Aitken](https://cinepixo.com/people/spottiswoode-aitken) as Abbe Faria - [Estelle Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/estelle-taylor) as Mercedes Herrera - [Howard Kendall](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-kendall) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/monte-cristo-1922 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3861494); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.