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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1965-08-06
Languagefr
Runtime1h 52m
Production

Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie, Avala Film, Prodi Cinematografica, ITTAC, Italaf Kaboul, Mounir Rafla, Cine Custodia Film AG Zuerich

4.8(12)
•1965•1h 52m

Marco the Magnificent

"A story of endurance, savagery and heroism"

Adventure

Overview

Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder.

Cinematography
Claude Renoir

Principal Cast

27 credited
Horst Buchholz
Horst BuchholzMarco Polo
Anthony Quinn
Anthony QuinnKublai Khan
Orson Welles
Orson WellesAkerman, Marco's Teacher
Bruno Cremer
Bruno CremerGuillaume de Tripoli, a Knight Templar
Omar Sharif
Omar SharifSheik Alla Hou
Robert Hossein
Robert HosseinPrince Nayam
Akim Tamiroff
Akim TamiroffThe Old Man of the Mountain
Elsa Martinelli
Elsa MartinelliThe Woman with the Whip
Grégoire Aslan
Grégoire AslanAchmed Abdullah
Massimo Girotti
Massimo GirottiNicolo, Marco's Father

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