Marco the Magnificent
La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo
Release: 1965-08-06
·Runtime: 112m
·★ 4.7
Adventure
Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder.
Production Countries
Egypt
Switzerland
Yugoslavia
Afghanistan
France
Italy
Production Companies
Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie
Avala Film
Prodi Cinematografica
ITTAC
Italaf Kaboul
Mounir Rafla
Cine Custodia Film AG Zuerich
Cast
Horst Buchholz
as Marco Polo
Akim Tamiroff
as The Old Man of the Mountain
Grégoire Aslan
as Achmed Abdullah
Bruno Cremer
as Guillaume de Tripoli, a Knight Templar
Omar Sharif
as Sheik Alla Hou
Miloje 'Mića' Orlović
as Matteo, Marco's Uncle
Lynne Sue Moon
as Princess Gogatine
Anthony Quinn
as Kublai Khan
Massimo Girotti
as Nicolo, Marco's Father
Maria Virginia Onorato
as Alaou's Wife
Orson Welles
as Akerman, Marco's Teacher
Robert Hossein
as Prince Nayam
Elsa Martinelli
as The Woman with the Whip
Folco Lulli
as Spinello, Venetian Merchant
Guido Alberti
as Pope Gregory X
Jacques Monod
as Nicolo de Vicenza, a Knight Templar