Marco Polo (1982)
Plot.
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This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Anne Bancroft
Marco's Mother
Ken Marshall
Marco Polo
Denholm Elliott
Niccolò Polo
John Gielgud
Doge di Venezia
Tony Vogel
Matteo Polo
John Houseman
Patriarca di Aquileia
David Warner
Rustichello
F. Murray Abraham
Jacopo
Mario Adorf
Giovanni
Patrick Mower
Brother Damian
Ruocheng Ying
Kublai Khan
Beulah Quo
Empress Chabi
Riccardo Cucciolla
Uncle Zane
Junichi Ishida
Prince Chinkin
Georgia Slowe
Caterina
Marilù Tolo
Donna Fiammetta
Gino Santercole
Giuseppe
Bruno Zanin
Giulio
Roberto Miracco
Bartolomeo
Jack Watson
Old Sailor
Burt Lancaster
Teobaldo Visconti
Leonard Nimoy
Achmet
Bruno Corazzari
Agostino
Tony Lo Bianco
Nicola Polo
Ian McShane
Ali Ben Yussouf
James Hong
Phagspa
Tad Horino
The Immortal
Rate Furlan
Senator
Angelo Pellegrino
Monk
Franco Fantasia
Venetian Captain / Stunt Coordinator
Francesco Filippo Fassina
Papal Secretary
Renato D'Amore
Messenger
Rodolfo Marcenaro
Merchant
Carlo Nardone
Sailor
Lorenzo Rizzato
Venetian Nobleman
Gordon Mitchell
Arnolfo, Jailer
Enzo Spitaleri
Senator
John Dicks
Brother Philip
Lao Lin
Bayan
Soon-Tek Oh
Wang Zhu
Yang Zaibao
Yang Ku
Tetsurō Tamba
Saiamon
Vernon Dobtcheff
Prosecutor
Vladek Sheybal
Prosecutor
Jesse Dizon
Novice Lama
Paul Müller
Brother Anselmo
Enzo Robutti
Cardinal
Renato Scarpa
Brother Thomas
Corrado Gaipa
Senator
Andrew Keir
Old Shepherd
William Squire
Inn-Keeper
John Karlsen
Judge
Sada Thompson
Aunt Flora / zia Flora / Aunt Flora / zia Flora
Vincenzo Labella
Producer / Screenplay
David Butler
Screenplay
Alfredo Bini
Production Consultant
Aldo U. Passalacqua
Line Producer
Mario Cotone
Line Producer
Lucia Pinnelli
Delegated Producer
Paolo De Andreis
Delegated Producer
Paolo Pioggia
Delegated Producer
Giuliano Laurenti
Makeup Department Head
Elda Magnanti
Hair Department Head
Renata Magnanti
Hair Department Head
Luciano Ricceri
Production Design
Enrico Sabbatini
Costume Design
Pasqualino De Santis
Director of Photography
Nino Baragli
Editor
Franco Cristaldi
Co-Producer
Giovanni Bertolucci
Producer
Giuliano Montaldo
Director / Screenplay
Michael D'Addio
Casting
Giovannella Zannoni
Casting
Marion Mertes
Script Supervisor
Fabrizio Sergenti Castellani
Co-Director
Vera Pescarolo
Co-Director
Claudia Florio
First Assistant Director
Francesco Ascione
First Assistant Director
Giuseppe Mangogna
Production Manager
Franco Giovale
Production Manager
Mario Cimini
Camera Operator
Roberto Gengarelli
Assistant Camera
Antonio Scaramuzza
Assistant Camera
Massimo Riccioli
Assistant Camera
Bruno Cesari
Set Decoration
Sergio Strizzi
Still Photographer
Tonino Testa
Sound
Aldo De Martino
Boom Operator
Details.
Release DateDecember 5, 1982
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes8
Running Time50m
Genres
Wiki.
Marco Polo is a 1982 American-Italian television miniseries originally broadcast by NBC in the United States and by RAI in Italy. It stars Kenneth Marshall as Marco Polo, the 13th-century Venetian merchant and explorer. The series also features appearances by Denholm Elliott, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Burt Lancaster, Ian McShane, Leonard Nimoy, and others. It was originally broadcast in four episodes, where episodes 1 and 4 were twice as long as episodes 2 and 3. The series is sometimes divided into six equally long episodes.Set in the 13th century, the series follows the adventures of Marco Polo, who departs with his father and his uncle to China. His journey through Asia lasts three and a half years and leads him through barren deserts and vast steppes. Marco spends several years in Beijing as a guest of the Great Khan, earning the trust of and respect from the Emperor.