Marco the Magnificent

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Marco the Magnificent

"A story of endurance, savagery and heroism"

1965

1h 52m

5.3(8 votes)

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.

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16 members

Acting

Horst Buchholz

Marco Polo

Acting

Anthony Quinn

Kublai Khan

Directing

Orson Welles

Akerman, Marco's Teacher

Acting

Bruno Cremer

Guillaume de Tripoli, a Knight Templar

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Omar Sharif

Sheik Alla Hou

Acting

Robert Hossein

Prince Nayam

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Akim Tamiroff

The Old Man of the Mountain

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Elsa Martinelli

The Woman with the Whip

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Grégoire Aslan

Achmed Abdullah

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Massimo Girotti

Nicolo, Marco's Father

Acting

Folco Lulli

Spinello, Venetian Merchant

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Guido Alberti

Pope Gregory X

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Jacques Monod

Nicolo de Vicenza, a Knight Templar

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Miloje 'Mića' Orlović

Matteo, Marco's Uncle

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Lynne Sue Moon

Princess Gogatine

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Maria Virginia Onorato

Alaou's Wife

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