Marco Polo

1982 - 1983

Part 1

5th December 1982

Episode 1

In 1298 the Genoese fleet attacks the Venetian ships. Marco Polo is captured and ends up in prison, where he starts dictating his memoirs to Rustichello da Pisa...

Part 2

12th December 1982

Episode 2

Niccolò and Matteo Polo, Marco's father and uncle, return from Venice as ambassadors of the Great Khan, and then leave for Cathay (China), this time together with Marco. The three arrive in the Holy Land, where Tebaldo Visconti tasks them with spreading the Christian gospel: in the Armenian deserts, however, they are attacked by Saracens...

Part 3

19th December 1982

Episode 3

After the Saracen leader has granted freedom to the Polos, the caravan can resume its journey and continue advancing into endless Persia. The Polos arrive in Hormuz, in the Persian Gulf, from where they intend to sail to China. However, the city was decimated by the plague and the ships were set on fire to stem the contagion. The Polos are forced to retreat towards the North.

Part 4

26th December 1982

Episode 4

On the Pamir plateau the Polos are swept away by an avalanche. Marco wakes up in the Muztag-Ata monastery, surrounded by golden Buddhas. After Niccolò and Matteo end up safe, the caravan crosses the Gobi Desert and reaches Shangtu, the capital of Kublai Khan's empire.

Part 5

2nd January 1983

Episode 5

Prince Chinkin, during an imperial hunting trip, is struck by an epileptic seizure: Marco Polo helps him, but risks being executed, since the disease is a disgrace that no one must know about. Meanwhile, the court has returned to Cambaluc and the Mongol general Bayan, who led Kublai Khan's army against the Chinese Song dynasty, announces victory over Southern China.

Part 6

9th January 1983

Episode 6

The prime minister of the Great Khan Achmet is skeptical about the friendship between the prince and Marco Polo and decides to send the latter away by sending him to Southern China. There Marco meets Yang Ku, the poet, and is invited into his house: here he meets his daughter Mei Li and Monica, the orphan of a Dalmatian merchant.

Part 7

16th January 1983

Episode 7

In 1281's Khanbaligh, capital of the empire, the Chinese are plotting against the Mongols. The Great Khan's minister, Achmet, is killed and the revolt begins, culminating in the killing of the rebels. Meanwhile, Marco Polo has made a career...

Part 8

23rd January 1983

Episode 8

Prince Chinkin dies and the loss deeply saddens Kublai Khan, who, upon hearing the news of Nayan's rebellion, does not hesitate to lead the army to subdue it. For the Polos the time comes to leave again to accompany Princess Kokacin to Persia to see her future husband.

Top Cast

Ken Marshall•Denholm Elliott•Tony Vogel

Director

Giuliano Montaldo

Drama Action & Adventure

The life of the 13th-century Venetian explorer who sought to connect the civilizations of China and Europe through trade.

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Full Cast

Ken Marshall

Marco Polo

Denholm Elliott

Niccolò Polo

Tony Vogel

Matteo Polo

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Vincenzo Labella

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Vincenzo Labella

Screenplay

Giuliano Montaldo

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Ennio Morricone

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David Butler

Screenplay

Alfredo Bini

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Aldo U. Passalacqua

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Mario Cotone

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Lucia Pinnelli

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Paolo De Andreis

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Paolo Pioggia

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Giuliano Laurenti

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Elda Magnanti

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Renata Magnanti

Hair Department Head

Luciano Ricceri

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Enrico Sabbatini

Costume Design

Pasqualino De Santis

Director of Photography

Nino Baragli

Editor

Franco Cristaldi

Co-Producer

Giovanni Bertolucci

Producer

Giuliano Montaldo

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Michael D'Addio

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Giovannella Zannoni

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Marion Mertes

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Fabrizio Sergenti Castellani

Co-Director

Vera Pescarolo

Co-Director

Claudia Florio

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Francesco Ascione

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Giuseppe Mangogna

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Franco Giovale

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Franco Fantasia

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