Marco the Magnificent (1965)

★ 4.8/10 112 min Adventure Egypt, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, France, Italy French

Directors: Denys de La Patellière , Raoul Lévy

Writers: Noël Howard, Denys de La Patellière, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Jacques Rémy, Raoul Lévy

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A story of endurance, savagery and heroism

Description

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

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