Results for "Montecristo" in Genre Fiction

Als sein Intercity gewaltsam zum Stehen kommt, ahnt Jonas Brand noch nicht, in welches Abenteuer er gerade gerät. Die Weiterfahrt ist blockiert, draußen liegt ein Toter. Brand schultert die Kamera, hält die beklemmende Situation fest und befragt die Mitreisenden. Er ist freischaffender Videojournalist, der allerdings von Höherem träumt: Er möchte Filme machen - wenn ihm nur jemand eine Chance geben würde.

On the eve of his marriage to the beautiful Mercedes, having that very day been made captain of his ship, the young sailor Edmond Dantès is arrested on a charge of treason, trumped up by jealous rivals. Incarcerated for many lonely years in the isolated and terrifying Chateau d'If near Marseille, he meticulously plans his brilliant escape and extraordinary revenge.

Dashing young Edmond Dantès has everything: a fine reputation, an appointment as captain of a ship, and the heart of a beautiful woman. But his perfect life is shattered when three jealous friends conspire to destroy him. Falsely accused of a political crime, Dantès is locked away for life in the infamous Chateau d'If prison. But it is there that Dantès learns of a vast hidden treasure.

El marinero Edmond Dantés, preso y traicionado por las ambiciones de sus amigos, decide vengarse de ellos adoptando diversas personalidades para engañarlos. La acción, el romance y la aventura no faltan en este clásico de la literatura folletinesca francesa.

Set against the turbulent years during the Bonapartist movement in France, the story of Edmond Dantes revolves around two goals - to reward those who were kind to him and his aging father, and to punish those responsible for his imprisonment. Alexander Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo is a literary genius that brings us to a journey of survival from years of captivity, brought upon betrayal, and driven by the desire to take revenge.