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Marco the Magnificent

Denys de La Patellière

1965 • 1h 52m

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

Marco the Magnificent

Cast

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

Folco Lulli

Folco LulliSpinello, Venetian Merchant

Guido Alberti

Guido AlbertiPope Gregory X

Jacques Monod

Jacques MonodNicolo de Vicenza, a Knight Templar

Miloje 'Mića' Orlović

Miloje 'Mića' OrlovićMatteo, Marco's Uncle

Lynne Sue Moon

Lynne Sue MoonPrincess Gogatine

Crew

Denys de La Patellière

Denys de La PatellièreDirector

Raoul Lévy

Raoul LévyDirector

Noël Howard

Noël HowardWriter

Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Jean-Paul RappeneauWriter

Jacqueline Thiédot

Jacqueline ThiédotEditor

Jacques Saulnier

Jacques SaulnierProduction Design

Claude Renoir

Claude RenoirDirector of Photography

Armand Thirard

Armand ThirardDirector of Photography

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