September 1938: in a heatwave Europe tensely awaits the outcome of the mUnich conference. In Paris people are waiting too, among them Mathieu, Jacques anf Philippe - not one of them ready to fight.
The story of Edmond Dantes, self-styled Count of Monte Cristo, is told with consummate skill. The victim of a miscarriage of justice, Dantes is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence.