The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)

Directors

Rowland V. Lee

Cast

Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, Florence Bates

The story

In 1865, the proletarian General Gurko Lanen (George Sanders) becomes the behind-the-scenes dictator of the Grand Duchy of Lichtenburg located in the Balkans. Gurko suppresses the clergy and the free press and imprisons the Prime Minister Baron Von Neuhoff (Montagu Love). The rightful ruler of the Grand Duchy, the Grand Duchess Zona (Joan Bennett), hopes to get aid from Napoleon III of France and makes her escape, pursued by a troop of Hussars loyal to Gurko.

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