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At age 14 Thomas-Alexandre was taken by his father to France, where he was educated in a military academy and entered the military for what became an illustrious career.ĭumas's father's aristocratic rank helped young Alexandre Dumas acquire work with Louis-Philippe, Duke of Orléans, then as a writer, finding early success. His father, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti) to Alexandre Antoine Davy de la Pailleterie, a French nobleman, and Marie-Cessette Dumas, a black slave. Dumas also wrote plays and magazine articles, and was a prolific correspondent.ĭumas was of Haitian descent and mixed-race. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were serialized. For the son, see Alexandre Dumas fils.Īlexandre Dumas, père (French for "father", akin to Senior in English), born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, was a French writer, best known for his numerous historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Not a Walburn you're used to.This note regards Alexandre Dumas, père, the father of Alexandre Dumas, fils (son). He's usually the jovial gladhanding type, often a knave, but never a villain as he is here. Also look for some good acting by Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern and especially Raymond Walburn in their parts. Chips this one would have been the signature role of his career. If it were not for the Oscar Donat received for Goodbye Mr. Donat makes us believe his transformation from the young and hopeful Edmund Dantes to the calculating Monte Cristo.
Monte Cristo is the perfect kind of role for the cerebral Robert Donat. If you have to take vengeance make sure it is an extremely calculated series of moves. The kids from Sleepers as well millions of others have learned what Dumas tried to convey, that hot blooded revenge killing won't do. He's the Count of Monte Cristo now, having been bequeathed a hidden treasure by another inmate. After years there Donat effects his escape and plans to wreak vengeance on them, but not just to kill them, to expose them because all three have risen to importance in France. The definitive site for Reviews, Trailers, Showtimes.
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO ROTTEN TOMATOES TRIAL
Three men who have their own reasons not to see the truth come out imprison Donat without trial in an island prison off Marseilles. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. Now he doesn't know he's carrying the letter, it was given to him by his dying captain. Robert Donat is Edmund Dantes an ordinary seaman who carries a letter from Elba about Napoleon Bonaparte's imminent return to France in 1815.
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO ROTTEN TOMATOES CODE
Edmund Dantes code of street justice translates very easily to just about every culture in the world, be it the mean streets of New York or the post Napoleonic Era in France. They found in the Alexandre Dumas novel a man they could understand very easily given their street code.
THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO ROTTEN TOMATOES MOVIE
Case in point, the movie Sleepers where four young men from Hell's Kitchen were sexually abused in a reform school they were sentenced to. Tomatometer 143 Reviews 88 Audience Score 100,000+ Ratings What to know critics consensus Though it may not reach for any new artistic heights, The Count of Monte Cristo is an old-fashioned yet.
As a story The Count of Monte Cristo still has great power.
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