The Prisoner of If Castle
1989, Russian. Directed by Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich.
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
- Runtime
- 4h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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Cast & crew
- Georgi Yungvald-KhilkevichDirector
- Viktor AvilovEdmond Dantes/Count of Monte Cristo
- Evgeniy DvorzhetskiyEdmond Dantes in his youth/Albert de Morcer
- Anna SamokhinaMercedes Herrera
- Mikhail BoyarskiyFernand Mondego - Comte de Morcer
- Aleksey Petrenkoabbot Faria
- Nadira MirzayevaHaide
- Aleksei ZharkovDanglars
- Svetlana SmirnovaErmina Danglars
- Yana PoplavskayaEugenie Danglars
- Igor SklyarBenedetto
- Arnis LīcītisGerard de Villefort
- Valentina VoilkovaEloise de Villefort
Details
- Released
- 1 February 1989
- Original title
- Узник замка Иф
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Mark Zakharov
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What The Prisoner of If Castle is based on
The Prisoner of If Castle is based on The Count of Monte Cristo, an 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas.
Novel · 1844
The Count of Monte Cristo
By Alexandre Dumas
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Who directed The Prisoner of If Castle?
The Prisoner of If Castle (1989) was directed by Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich and stars Viktor Avilov, Evgeniy Dvorzhetskiy, Anna Samokhina.
What is The Prisoner of If Castle based on?
The Prisoner of If Castle is based on The Count of Monte Cristo, an 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas.