Bequeathed a fortune by a fellow inmate, an unjustly imprisoned man escapes 18 years later and seeks vengeance.

Disguised as the Count of Monte Cristo, Dantes travels to Paris, where he befriends the men who sent him to prison.

Dantes gathers incriminating information about his enemies and exploits it; Mercedes realizes the Count's true identity.

Dantes finalizes his revenge and meets Mercedes in the place they first fell in love.