---
title: 'The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rowland V. Lee'
released: '1934-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 113
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-count-of-monte-cristo-1934'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025004/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)

1934 · 113 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

The Count of Monte Cristo is a 1934 American adventure film directed by Rowland V. Lee and starring Robert Donat and Elissa Landi. Based on the 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, the story concerns a man who is unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him. When he finally escapes, he seeks revenge against the greedy men who conspired to put him in prison.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rowland V. Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/rowland-v-lee)
- **Screenplay:** [Rowland V. Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/rowland-v-lee), [Philip Dunne](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-dunne)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman)
- **Producer:** [Edward Small](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-small)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Peverell Marley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-peverell-marley)

## Cast

- [Sidney Blackmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-blackmer) as Fernand Mondego
- [Paul Irving](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-irving) as Napoleon
- [Georgia Caine](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgia-caine) as Madame de Rosas
- [Edward Keane](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-keane)
- [William Farnum](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-farnum) as Captain Leclere
- [Mitchell Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitchell-lewis)
- [Irene Hervey](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-hervey) as Valentine de Villefort
- [Lawrence Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-grant) as Noirtier de Villefort
- [Juliette Compton](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliette-compton) as Clothilde
- [Harold Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-miller)
- [Lionel Belmore](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-belmore) as Prison Governor
- [O.P. Heggie](https://cinepixo.com/people/o-p-heggie) as Abbé Faria
- [Ferdinand Munier](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-munier) as Louis XVIII of France
- [Clarence Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-wilson) as Fouquet
- [Luis Alberni](https://cinepixo.com/people/luis-alberni) as Jacopo

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