The Count of Monte Cristo is a 1934 film adaptation of Alexandre Dumas, père's novel The Count of Monte Cristo. It was directed by Rowland V. Lee and starred Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, and Louis Calhern. The film also has two sequels that followed, The Return of Monte Cristo in 1936 and The Son of Monte Cristo in 1940, the latter directed by original director Rowland V. Lee.