Marco the Magnificent (1965)
La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo
A story of endurance, savagery and heroism
Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder.
- Date of release
- 1965-08-06
- TMDB
- 5.2 / 10 (13)
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Adventure
- Director
- Denys de La Patellière, Raoul Lévy
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo or Marco the Magnificent is a 1965 adventure film directed by Denys de La Patellière and Noël Howard. It was a co-production with involvement of companies in Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Egypt, France and Italy. Raoul Levy committed suicide in December 1966 after losing most of his fortune financing this film.
Production
Filming began in 1962 starring Alain Delon in the title role and co starring Dorothy Dandridge. Shooting halted after $700,000 had been spent. It started again two years later with a new star, writer and director. Filming took place over six months, mostly in Yugoslavia.
Rostislav Doboujinsky worked on the design of the clothes and caparacons for the men, horses and elephants - the living figures - of the chess game.
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