- published: 06 May 2015
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A viscount ( /ˈvaɪkaʊnt/ "vie-count", for male) or viscountess (for female) is a member of the European nobility whose comital title ranks usually, as in the British peerage, above a baron, below an earl (in the United Kingdom) or a count (the earl's continental equivalent).
The word viscount, known to be used in English since 1387, comes from Old French visconte (modern French: vicomte), itself from Medieval Latin vicecomitem, accusative of vicecomes, from Late Latin vice- "deputy" + Latin comes (originally "companion; later Roman imperial courtier or trusted appointee, ultimately count).
As a rank in British peerage, it was first recorded in 1440, when John Beaumont was created Viscount Beaumont by King Henry VI. The word viscount corresponds in the UK to the Anglo-Saxon shire reeve (root of the non-nobiliary, royal-appointed office of sheriff). Thus early viscounts were originally normally given their titles by the monarch, not hereditary; but soon they too tended to establish hereditary principalities lato sensu (in the wider sense).
Actors: Dahla MacKenna (miscellaneous crew), Carole Scotta (producer), Catherine Disher (actress), Ali Liebert (actress), Eardley Wilmot (miscellaneous crew), Michelle Nolden (actress), Joris Jarsky (actor), Sophie Reine (editor), Simon Arnal (producer), Gersha Phillips (costume designer), Susan R. Jones (miscellaneous crew), Doug Gillespie (miscellaneous crew), Katrina Saville (miscellaneous crew), Jennifer Weiss (producer), Caroline Benjo (producer),
Genres: Crime, Drama,Actors: Phil Rochester (actor), Topher Holland (director), Topher Holland (editor), Alex Holland (miscellaneous crew), Topher Holland (writer), Topher Holland (producer), Topher Holland (composer), Lee Cambell (actor), James Caroll (actor), Kim Waller (actress), Danny Quirk (actor), Paul Walsh (actor), Mark Bray (actor),
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Plot: 'The Count of Monte Cristo' is a remake of the Alexander Dumas tale by the same name. Dantes, a sailor who is falsely accused of treason by his best friend Fernand, who wants Dantes' girlfriend Mercedes for himself. Dantes is imprisoned on the island prison of Chateau d'If for 13 years, where he plots revenge against those who betrayed him. With the help of another prisoner, he escapes the island and proceeds to transform himself into the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo as part of his plan to exact revenge.
Keywords: 19th-century, adultery, army, arrest, atheist, attempted-drowning, bank, bankruptcy, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondageActors: Emilio Ortiz (editor), Sarah Douglas (actress), Naicho Petrov (actor), Iossif Surchadzhiev (actor), Rosa Novell (actress), Boris Lukanov (actor), Anani Yavashev (actor), Stefan Ilyev (actor), Francisco Guijar (actor), Antoni Ribas (producer), Antoni Ribas (director), Antoni Ribas (writer), Max Freeman (actor), Vasil Dimitrov (actor), Valentín Fernández-Tubau (actor),
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Genres: Drama,