The Prisoner of If Castle

The story

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

Cast & crew

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