The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) Action Adventure

The Son of Monte Cristo is a 1940 blackandwhite film directed by Rowland V. Lee. In 1865, General Gurko Lanen is dictator of Lichtenburg in the Balkans. The rightful ruler, Grand Duchess Zona, hopes to get aid from Napoleon III of France. The visiting Count of Monte Cristo falls for Zona and undertakes to help her, masquerading as a foppish banker and a masked freedom fighter. The rest is rapidfire intrigue and derringdo. The film takes the same name as the unofficial sequel to The Count of Monte