Abbé Faria — The Count of Monte Cristo Character Profile

About Abbé Faria

A prisoner who has spent eleven years digging a tunnel. He accidentally ends up in Edmond's cell and educates him in various academic and martial disciplines. Before dying from a cave-in, he gives Edmond a map to the Spada family treasure and implores him to use it only for good.

Abbé Faria appears in 4 titles

• The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) — character page
• The Count of Monte Cristo Part 1 - The Prisoner of Kastell (1943) — character page
• The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
• The Count of Monte Cristo (2024) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Richard Harris

Appears in

The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Abbé Faria — Conflict Defier — Napoleon Bonaparte (Alex Norton)

  Faria has been imprisoned for eleven years after refusing to tell Bonaparte the whereabouts of the Spada family's treasure.

• Abbé Faria — Power Prisoner/Warden — Armand Dorleac (Michael Wincott)

  Dorleac is the warden of Château d'If where Faria has been imprisoned for eleven years digging tunnels.

• Abbé Faria — Unknown Indirect Rival — Morrell (Patrick Godfrey)

  Morrell promotes Edmond while Faria educates him in secret, creating parallel influences on Edmond's trajectory.

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