Marco the Magnificent
La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo or Marco the Magnificent is a 1965 international co-production (Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Egypt, France, Italy) adventure film directed by Denys de La Patellière and Noël Howard.[1]
| La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo | |
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| Directed by | Denys de La Patellière, Noël Howard |
| Written by | Raoul Lévy, Jacques Rémy, Jean-Paul Rappeneau |
| Based on | The Travels of Marco Polo by Rustichello da Pisa |
| Starring | Horst Buchholz Anthony Quinn |
Release date | 1965 |
| Countries | France Italy Yugoslavia Egypt Afghanistan |
| Languages | French Italian English |
Cast
- Horst Buchholz as Marco Polo
- Anthony Quinn as Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor of China
- Omar Sharif as Sheik Alla Hou, 'The Desert Wind'
- Orson Welles as Akerman, Marco's tutor
- Akim Tamiroff as the Old Man of the Mountain
- Elsa Martinelli as the woman with the whip
- Robert Hossein as Prince Nayam, a Mongol rebel leader
- Grégoire Aslan as Achmed Abdullah
- Massimo Girotti as Niccolò, Marco's father
- Folco Lulli as Spinello, a Venetian merchant
- Guido Alberti as Pope Gregory X
- Lynne Sue Moon as Princess Gogatine (credited as Lee Sue Moon)
- Bruno Cremer as Guillaume de Tripoli, a Knight Templar
- Jacques Monod as Nicolo de Vicenza, a Knight Templar
- Mića Orlović as Matteo, Marco's uncle
References
- Scheuer, Philip K. (13 July 1964). "Marco Polo Filming Ended by Buchholz". Los Angeles Times. p. IV-18 – via Newspapers.com.
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