Marco the Magnificent

1965

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

Running time: 1h 52m

Directors	Denys de La Patellière, Raoul Lévy
Writers	Noël Howard, Denys de La Patellière, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Jacques Rémy, Raoul Lévy
Composer(s)	Mario Bua, M.J. Coignard-Helison, Georges Garvarentz
Genres	Adventure
Release Date	1965
Production Company(s)	Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie, Avala Film, Prodi Cinematografica, ITTAC, Italaf Kaboul, Mounir Rafla, Cine Custodia Film AG Zuerich

Actors

Horst Buchholz

Marco Polo

Anthony Quinn

Kublai Khan

Orson Welles

Akerman, Marco's Teacher

Bruno Cremer

Guillaume de Tripoli, a Knight Templar

Omar Sharif

Sheik Alla Hou

Robert Hossein

Prince Nayam

Akim Tamiroff

The Old Man of the Mountain

Elsa Martinelli

The Woman with the Whip

Grégoire Aslan

Achmed Abdullah

Massimo Girotti

Nicolo, Marco's Father

Folco Lulli

Spinello, Venetian Merchant

Guido Alberti

Pope Gregory X

Jacques Monod

Nicolo de Vicenza, a Knight Templar

Miloje 'Mića' Orlović

Matteo, Marco's Uncle

Lynne Sue Moon

Princess Gogatine

Maria Virginia Onorato

Alaou's Wife

Mansoureh Rihai

Taha

Michel Bouquet

Narrator (uncredited)

Dragomir Felba

(uncredited)

Andrej Gardenin

Fencer (uncredited)

Noël Howard

(uncredited)

Cliff Lyons

(uncredited)

Myriam Michelson

Chinese Princess (uncredited)

Ljubo Škiljević

(uncredited)

Lucille Soong

Princess Bride (uncredited)

Aleksandar Stojković

(uncredited)

Janez Vrhovec

(uncredited)

Know something about Marco the Magnificent?

If you have come across a video essay, a breakdown, a podcast episode or a piece of writing worth reading about this title, tell us and we will add it to this page.

Fetching this title from The Movie Database — this only happens the first time anyone opens it.