---
title: 'The Count of Monte Cristo (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Claude Autant-Lara'
released: '1961-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 180
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-count-of-monte-cristo-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054761/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Count of Monte Cristo (1961)

1961 · 180 min · Drama, Adventure · France, Italy

Original title: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo

## Synopsis

The Count of Monte Cristo is a 1961 French adventure film version of Alexandre Dumas' 1844 novel directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Louis Jourdan, Yvonne Furneaux, Pierre Mondy and Franco Silva.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Claude Autant-Lara](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-autant-lara)
- **Screenplay:** [Jean Halain](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-halain)
- **Original Music Composer:** [René Cloërec](https://cinepixo.com/people/rene-cloerec)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jacques Natteau](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-natteau)
- **Editor:** [Madeleine Gug](https://cinepixo.com/people/madeleine-gug)

## Cast

- [Bernard Dhéran](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-dheran) as Gérard de Villefort
- [Marie Mergey](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-mergey) as La Carconte
- [Claudine Coster](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudine-coster) as Haydée
- [Marthe Marty](https://cinepixo.com/people/marthe-marty)
- [Yves Rénier](https://cinepixo.com/people/yves-renier) as Albert de Morcerf
- [Geymond Vital](https://cinepixo.com/people/geymond-vital)
- [Jean-Jacques Delbo](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-jacques-delbo)
- [Louis Jourdan](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-jourdan) as Edmond Dantès
- [Henri Arius](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-arius)
- [Henri Vilbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/henri-vilbert) as Louis Dantès
- [Georges Lannes](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-lannes)
- [Yvonne Furneaux](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvonne-furneaux) as Mercedes Herrera
- [Paul Amiot](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-amiot)
- [André Dalibert](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-dalibert)
- [Jean Martinelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-martinelli)

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