Marseille, 1815: the big dreams of young Edmont
Dantès are about to be fulfilled: he is promoted to ship's captain and can finally marry Mercedes, the love of his life. But success fuels envy and Edmond is denounced by rivals as a member of a pro-Bonapartist conspiracy. Without trial, he is sentenced to imprisonment in the island prison Château d'If and incarcerated. Only after fourteen years did Dantès manage an adventurous escape, during which he not only won his freedom but also came into possession of the legendary treasure of Monte Cristo. Now an unusual plan is to help him quench his thirst for revenge on the traitors ...