Count Of Monte Cristo on SBS Viceland and SBS on Demand S1E1 and S1E2 – The Count of Monte Cristo receives a luscious retelling care of Billie August (Smilla’s Sense of Snow, Les Misérables).
Alexandre Dumas’ classic is reimagined with an international cast including Sam Claflin (The Hunger Games, Peaky Blinders, Daisy Jones and the Six) and Jeremy Irons (The Mission, Dead Ringers).
Season One, Episode One:
In the midst of a ferocious storm at sea the boat captain dies and first mate Edmond Dantes takes over command, steering the ship safely home to Marseille, where his beloved Mercedes is waiting. Edmond is promoted to Captain and he and Mercedes finalise their wedding plans. He is the happiest man alive, unaware that his good fortune has incited the envy and rage of Danglars, a fellow seaman, and Fernand, Mercedes’s cousin.
Season One, Episode Two:
For ten years Edmond is left to rot in his cell. He is on the verge of starving himself to death when a dishevelled old man emerges from a hole in the wall. This is the Abbe Faria, an imprisoned priest who has been digging for years in his bid to escape. Faria soon becomes Edmond’s saviour.
Count Of Monte Cristo on SBS Viceland and SBS on Demand – Series Premiere / Saturday 13 December at 8.30pm (8 Parts)
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Count Of Monte Cristo on SBS Viceland and SBS on Demand S1E1 and S1E2
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