The Count of Monte Cristo (Season 1)

The Count of Monte Cristo (Il Conte di Montecristo, 2025) is a French-Italian take on Dumas you can watch online on iFILM. Sam Claflin plays Edmond Dantès, a young ship's captain whose wedding day is about to become the worst day of his life.

Framed for Bonapartism by men who envy him, Edmond is buried in the island fortress of Château d'If — ten years, no trial, no word from anyone. Then a tunnel breaks through into his cell by mistake: the elderly Abbé Faria, played by Jeremy Irons, who leaves him a map to a hidden fortune. Dantès escapes alone, claims the treasure, and walks back into society as a stranger — a cold, fabulously rich count with a short list of names to settle.

Ana Girardot co-stars as Mercédès, the love he lost to the plot against him. Spread across several episodes, the series lets the slow machinery of revenge tick instead of rushing it. One for viewers who like period drama where patience is the real weapon. Stream The Count of Monte Cristo online on iFILM.