Grafinya de Monsoro (1997– ) User Reviews

La Dame de Monsoreau /Grafinya de Monsoro(1997)

[sofia36 · 7/10 · 18 August 2023]

This is a very faithful adaptation of Dumas' book.

Much of the dialogue is word for word from the book.

This is actually pretty typical for Russian adaptations.

The difference is with this one they also captured the tone of the book pretty accurately.

They did a good job with character development. The casting is excellent - especially Diana and Bussy. She is as gorgeous as described by Dumas and he is very handsome. The chemistry between them is believable.

The only thing I don't like is the soundtrack - the music is too loud and dramatic and some of the sounds are very annoying.

With a slightly faster pace and a better soundtrack it would have been perfect.

Excellent!

[shem0426 · 10/10 · 12 January 2002]

This is a unique movie (TV series). Not only because you may follow it with an open book in your hands, but also this is the only movie interpretation of Dumas' "La Dame de Monsoreau" so far. I wish the third part of this great trilogy ("Forty-five") would have been created. Without doubt, my rating is 10. The actors play their parts very well, and Gabriella Mariani, virtually unknown actress, is the best possible fit (in my opinion) for the part of countess de Monsoreau. Highly recommended.

"Anzhuiskii" and others. Great fun [and minor spoilers]

[guidance · 24 July 2004]

I caught this series years back on TV. It was aired one 45-minute episode per day, for some twenty days. And unexpectedly I was just at the edge of my seat, waiting for the next ep. It was a daily feel-good fix, just one of those things. Of course I can name the obvious qualities, that made "The Countess of Monsoreau" good: an excellent cast with swordplay-skills, top notch costumes, and music fitting like a glove - in other words the whole milieu&atmosphere. Russians know their French drama.

If anyone has read the Dumas' book, then you are a step ahead of me, for I have not, and cannot say how much justice the screen-version does to the original. *Tiniest of spoilers / broadest plot outline* The series talks about a love affair between a classical beauty (Mariani's Monsoreau) and a heroic aristocrate (Bussy). It all gets - or rather is already - complicated, for Countess manages to become a fixation for a couple of powerful men, despite being coy (you know how them beauties do). As a backdrop, there is also other kind of powerplay and politics going on around King's Throne. More so, than in the storyline, "Grafinja Monsoro" packs a punch in its characters. There's the eccentric King, the Top Man Bussy, the sneaky d'Anjou, the crazy-but-then-again-is-he? Chicot.. the general rivalry between the top dogs of "Navarskii" and "Anzuiskii". No one-sided characters here. *Spoilers end*

Whilst the majority of series has a positive and light feel to it, the ending suddenly turns on a more serious gear. Tragic finish, but nice.

Summing up, "The Countess of Monsoreau" is a semi-long Russian-made series based on a lesser-known Dumas' book. Which means it's a gem and most of the world probably misses out on it. Since it's not currently possible to cast a vote, I'll have to declare it right here: 10/10.

Sheer brilliance!

[vivianu · 10/10 · 14 December 2017]

Based on the novel of Alexandre Dumas these TV series are a brilliant work of Russian film producer Sergey Zhigunov and film director Vladimir Popkov. As I usually prefer the book "to be told into film" as close to the book as possible, for me all the more enjoyable. Watching these series is like plunging into different era. In this film is all perfect: actors, settings, scenery, music.. I have watched the series several times in spite of knowing the tragic end. I tried to watch the French version (year 1971) of it, but gave up: I could not imagine anyone more appropriate for the role of Diane de Meridor than Gabriella Mariani and Aleksandr Domogarov as Count de Bussy. Looking at them two makes the story believable: yes, she is so beautiful that her beauty can become her curse; and yes, he is so brave, noble and handsome that is envy of any gentleman and every lady can fall for him. They are not only gems of these series; actually, all actors are spot-on. My favourite outstanding performances from Aleksey Gorbunov as Chicot, Vladimir Dolinskiy as monk Gorenflot, Evgeniy Dvorzhetskiy as King Henri III. All the film surrounded by magical music, composed by Oleg Kiva.. I watched the series on YouTube in Russian. The good news is that the subtitles in English and Spanish are currently work in progress (as I noticed) even so, that most of the series have subtitled already.

An unique piece of art

[woshishei-78884 · 10/10 · 18 May 2022]

I have read Dumas book as a kid. I have watched the old but gold Soviet "Three Musketeers", then the Western ones, the French La Fille de d'Artagnan, the Russian Queen Margot and so on. This one, however, I watched much later and still it occupies a special place in my heart. WIthout any doubt I can write that this is the best screen adaptation of Dumas and there is nothing that can possibly outdo this one. The actors, the music, the costumes, the athmosphere, the story - all is perfect. The way it is filmed pays a lot of attention to the details and is very theatrical. You fall in love with the good guys and start hating the bad guys as long as you see them. This is perfection. I have no words.