The Viscount of Monte Cristo

The Viscount of Monte Cristo
Directed by	Gilberto Martínez Solares
Written by	Juan Garcia Gilberto Martínez Solares
Produced by	Óscar J. Brooks Ernesto Enríquez Felipe Mier
Starring	Germán Valdés Ana Bertha Lepe Andrés Soler
Cinematography	José Ortiz Ramos
Edited by	Carlos Savage
Music by	Manuel Esperón
Production companies	Mier y Brooks Producciones Cinematográficas Valdés
Release date	7 October 1954 (1954-10-07)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Mexico
Language	Spanish

The Viscount of Monte Cristo (Spanish: El Vizconde de Montecristo) is a 1954 Mexican comedy film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares and starring Germán Valdés, Ana Bertha Lepe and Andrés Soler.^[1] The film draws some of its plot from Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo with the setting moved to contemporary Mexico. Valdés' films of the era were often distorted, comic versions of classic literature.

Cast

• Germán Valdés as Inocencio Dantés / El Vizconde de Montecristo
• Ana Bertha Lepe as Marga
• Andrés Soler as Don Facundo Farías
• Miguel Arenas as Don Miguel
• Rafael Bertrand as Polito
• Famie Kaufman as Rosaura
• Marcelo Chávez as Policia celador
• Joaquín García Vargas as Lino
• Armando Acosta as Invitado fiesta romana
• Armando Arriola as Fotógrafo
• León Barroso as Músico
• Guillermo Bravo Sosa as Chofer carro fúnebre
• Silvia Carrillo as Bailarina
• Julio Daneri as Hombre provoca panico
• Amalia Gama as Clienta anciana en banco
• Héctor Godoy as Pianista
• Leonor Gómez as Mujer en cantina
• Guillermo Hernández as Prisionero
• Vicente Lara as Hombre en cantina
• Lupe Legorreta as Lupita, secretaria
• Carlos León as Guardia en fiesta romana
• Salvador Lozano as Detective policía
• José Ortega as El sapo, prisionero
• José Pardavé as Chofer carro fúnebre
• Ignacio Peón as Cliente banco
• Humberto Rodríguez as Cliente banco
• Manuel Sánchez Navarro as Cajero de banco
• Rafael Torres as Preso
• Manuel 'Loco' Valdés as Hombre en cantina
• Hernán Vera as Cantinero

References

1. Hershfield & Maciel p.77

Bibliography

• Joanne Hershfield & David R. Maciel. Mexico's Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers. Rowman & Littlefield, 1999.

External links

• The Viscount of Monte Cristo at IMDb