In 1865, General Gurko Lanen is dictator of Lichtenburg in the Balkans. Rightful ruler Zona hopes to get aid from Napoleon III of France. The visiting Count of Monte Cristo falls for Zona and undertakes to help her, masquerading as a foppish banker and a masked freedom fighter. The rest is rapid-fire intrigue and derring-do.
1940
HD
102min
NR
United States
English
Rowland V. Lee
Louis Hayward
Joan Bennett
George Sanders
Florence Bates
Lionel Royce
Ian Wolfe
Montagu Love
Clayton Moore
Ralph Byrd
19th century
dictator
heir to the throne
masked hero
