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Marco the Magnificent: Directed by Denys de La Patellière, Raoul Lévy, Noël Howard. With Horst Buchholz, Grégoire Aslan, Robert Hossein, Elsa Martinelli. 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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- 1965-08-06
- Adventure, Biography
- 100
La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo or Marco the Magnificent is a 1965 international co-production (Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Egypt, France, Italy) adventure film directed by Denys de La Patellière and Noël Howard.
In 1271 a young Venetian, Marco Polo, answers a request of Pope Gregory X to bring the philosophy of peace to the followers of the Mongol Prince, Kublai Khan of China. Accompanied by his father, his uncle, and two Templars, Marco sets off on his mission, a journey which will take him to the Holy Land, across the mountains of Asia, and through ...
- Denys De La Patellière
- Horst Buchholz
During the 1200s, young Marco Polo, joins his father Niccolò and his uncle Matteo, who recently returned from China, and prepares to visit the Pope who summoned them. The Pope entrusts the Polo family with a trade mission to China and with a personal message of peace for China's Emperor Kublai Khan. Unknown to all of them is the fact that the ...
The Venetian traveler (Horst Buchholz) meets a woman (Elsa Martinelli) with a whip and helps Kublai Khan (Anthony Quinn) foil rebels in medieval China.
- Adventure
Marco the Magnificent (1965) La fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo. Movie. Afghanistan. 100 minutes. Released. Release Date: 6 August 1965 (France) (more) Traveler Marco Polo travels to China to help his friend Khan in his fight against the rebels.