Classic story, but told differently.

This film humorously explains the real treasure of the Count of Monte-Cristo: a scooter of Lambretta, the Innocenti.

Beautiful decors and atmospherically depicted.

Even without comments, the video is easy to follow. Unfortunately in this period it was traditon to tell what was shown. Even in advance a title card was made to introduce the story. This one writes: "Once upon a time there was a certain nobleman, a good young man, but he was the victim of a conspiracy, he was tried and, although innocent, convicted. Until ..."

Trivia

Joop Geesink used to came up with a nice story and was looking for a sponsor. After all, which treasure the Count retrieves from the coffin, can be exchanged for any other advertiser. Now it is a scooter. Once Joop Geesink told this anecdote. He visited a potential customer and told the story of the Count of Montecristo with a lot of verve. Geesink was convinced that his version was a great success. When he had told his plot, it turned out that the client had never heard of this classic story. History doesn't tell if it eventually became this customer.