Das Schwert von Monte Christo

French history is given a rough ride ! The marquis and his daughter,par excellence aristocrats,not only are fighting for freedom but also , that crowns it ,the return of the Republic! Napoleon the Third's minister is his own brother (?), a greedy wicked man named Laroche(?)

Adapted from Alexandre Dumas ,the credits read ,but only the proper noun of the title and ,at a pinch ,the hole they dig between the two dungeons were borrowed from the French writer.

Whereas Edmond Dantès took place in the nineteenth century , one learns that his treasure was preserved even during the Revolution (1789) ;and he died well before this sword tale happens.

If you forget history , all about history , this is an average swashbuckler ,with a touch of feminism (the mysterious masked rider is a woman) , a riddle written on the sword which indicates the place where the treasure is concealed: a treasure which ,should we believe the heroine ,could put an end to poverty and make French people live happily ever after ...The score features snatches of the French national anthem ,"La Marseillaise" .