The legacy of Monte Christo

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Movie
German title The legacy of Monte Christo
Original title Treasure of Monte Cristo
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1949
length 76 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director William Berke
script Aubrey Wisberg
Jack Pollexfen
production Leonard S. Picker
music Albert Glasser
camera Benjamin Kline
cut Stanley Frazen
occupation

The Legacy of Monte Christo (original title Treasure of Monte Cristo ) is an American adventure film from 1949 by William Berke , produced by Lippert-Pictures. The main roles are starring Glenn Langan , Adele Jergens and Steve Brodie .

action

When Edmond Dantes comes to the aid of a young woman in the port area of San Francisco and drives her attacker to flight, he has no idea what impact this will have on his future life. The woman introduces herself to him as the rich heiress Jean Turner and tells him that she will not be able to inherit her late father until she is 25 years old. However, the legacy fell to her the moment she was married. The appointed guardian wanted to prevent under all circumstances that she could take over the inheritance at all. He has already proven in the past that he will not stop at anything for this.

Jean Turner asks Edmond to marry her for at least a short period of time so that she might get her inheritance. A bus will shortly go to Reno , where they could be married quickly. Edmond hesitates because his ideas about marriage are different. When they see the two men from the harbor again, however, he changes his mind. They go to Reno and get married there.

When Jean seems to regret her hasty decision the next morning, Edmond tries to comfort her. After receiving a call, Jean asks Ed to get her a pack of cigarettes in the lobby. She hands him a pistol and insists that he carry it for his own protection. When Edmond comes back into the room with the cigarettes, there is no trace of Jean. All he finds is the address of a sanatorium in San Francisco, scrawled on the mirror in lipstick .

Edmond goes to the address, is there in a ambush lured and all must be, as a man is shot. When he tried to leave, he was arrested by the police. Lieutenant Perry of the homicide he does not want to take off his story. He points out that the alleged sanatorium is actually a pension. In addition, the bullet fired has the same caliber as in the weapon seized from Edmond. To make matters worse, the real Jean Turner, who was found by the police, is not the woman he married. Also, Jean Turner's father is not dead. When the police then locate another Jean Turner who works as a stenographer , this Edmonds story does not confirm, but rather states that she was under the influence of alcohol when she and Edmond in Reno the marriage had entered into.

Ed is now faced with a murder charge. A certain Earl Jackson is found as a lawyer, but his defense is sloppy and incompetent. Edmond is found guilty and sentenced to death in the gas chamber . The letter from a certain Henry Mason, which is accompanied by a warehouse receipt completed by Ed's biological father, and in which Mason asks Edmond to contact him, does not initially bring any clarity. Edmond only knows that his father was killed during the First World War and that his mother emigrated with him to the USA , where she succumbed to flu a little later. Edmond then grew up with his adoptive parents , the Italian-born Torecelli family.

Edmond's adoptive brothers Tony and Carlo manage to free Edmond on the prisoner transport to San Quentin . Edmond meets Jean again a little later in the café and she confesses to him that she was blackmailed by her employer Jackson, Edmond's lawyer. In doing so, he forced her to participate in fraudulent crimes designed to rob future heirs of their inheritance. The marriage and the alleged murder were also part of the plan. Although the Torecellis found only unusable items in the warehouse belonging to the warehouse receipt, Jean Edmond explains that he is heir to a treasure . Jean later revokes her false statement to the police, whereupon the prosecution reopened the case. On leaving the police station, Jean is intercepted and kidnapped by Jackson's henchman Tyson.

Edmond is concerned about Jean's disappearance, especially since he learns that Mason was murdered. He sneaks into Jackson's office whose key he received from Jean. Here he comes across documents that identify him as a descendant of the illustrious "Dantes" family. He also learns about the precious diamonds of Monte Cristo. Through clever tactics, he manages to find out that Jean is being held captive in his warehouse. Here he is taken hostage by Jackson, who is killed a little later by the police in a shootout. When Edmond takes a closer look around the warehouse, he discovers the treasure of Monte Christo in the form of diamonds, hidden in a chandelier. He happily embraces his future wife Jean.

Production, publication

The German editing was carried out by MARS-FILM GmbH, Berlin under the direction of Eberhard Cronshagen . Christine Lembach was responsible for the dialogue, Richard Streithorst was in charge of production . The film was shot in San Francisco , California , USA.

The role of Edmond Dantes was Glenn Langan's first film leading role. The film is largely based on Alexandre Dumas' novel The Count of Monte Christo . The two main actors in the film, Glenn Langan and Adele Jergens, were married from 1951 until Langan's death in 1991 and had a son.

The film premiered in the United States on August 27, 1949; in the Federal Republic of Germany it was released in cinemas on January 11, 1952 and in Austria in 1953. In Portugal it also found its way to the cinema on May 5, 1953 under the title O Tesouro de Monte Christo . In Italy it was performed under the title Complotto a San Francisco and in Greece under O thisavros tou Montehristo , when it was performed again under the title To diamanti pou skotonei .

criticism

The lexicon of international films summarized its criticism as follows: "Speculating on the popularity of Dumas' material, the adventure film entertains in an undemanding manner with tension and romance".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The legacy of Monte Christo. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used