Marco Polo

Name: Marco Polo
Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure
Released: 1982-12-05
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Ken Marshall, Denholm Elliott, Tony Vogel

★ 6.7 /10 (29) • 1982–1983

Drama Action & Adventure

Director Giuliano Montaldo

Screenplay Vincenzo Labella, Giuliano Montaldo

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

Seasons

Episodes

Country

Italy

Status

Ended

Cast

Ken Marshall

Marco Polo · 8 eps

Rustichello da Pisa · 7 eps

Frate Damiano · 5 eps

Ruocheng Ying

Kublai Khan · 5 eps

Alì Ben Youssuf · 2 eps

Leonard Nimoy

Achmet · 3 eps

Gordon Mitchell

Capitano Arnolfo · 3 eps

Bruno Zanin

Giulio · 3 eps

Tetsuro Tamba

Vasaio · 2 eps

Vernon Dobtcheff

Pietro De Abano · 2 eps

Frate Guglielmo · 2 eps

Yang Zaibao

Yang-Ku · 2 eps

Gino Santercole

Giuseppe · 2 eps

Cao Zengyin

Governatore · 2 eps

Riccardo Cucciolla

Zio Zane · 2 eps

Salvatore Puntillo

Messer Andrea · 2 eps

Yu Shaokang

Caidu · 2 eps

Zhao Erkang

Nayan · 2 eps

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Episode Guide

Part 1

05 Dic 198283 min

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

12 Dic 198276 min

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

19 Dic 198278 min

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

26 Dic 198270 min

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

02 Ene 198370 min

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

09 Ene 198367 min

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

16 Ene 198359 min

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

23 Ene 198360 min

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.