The Count of Monte Cristo

About The Count of Monte Cristo

Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinvents himself as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.

The Count of Monte Cristo is an action-adventure series that ran on Rai 1. Its themes are revenge and comforting.

Its one season of 8 episodes was broadcast from January 2025 to February 2025.

Sam Claflin leads the cast as Edmond Dantès, Ana Girardot as Mercedes, Blake Ritson as Danglars, and Mikkel Boe Følsgaard as Gerard Villefort. The series began as a novel. Production companies include France Télévisions and Rai Fiction.

In the United States it streams on PBS and PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel. House of Cards, Lupin, and Marry My Husband make useful companions to The Count of Monte Cristo. TMDB voters put it at 7.9 out of 10 across 192 votes.