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Marco the Magnificent

Original title: La fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo
  • 19651965
  • 1h 40m
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5.3/10
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Anthony Quinn, Orson Welles, Omar Sharif, Horst Buchholz, Grégoire Aslan, Robert Hossein, Noël Howard, Elsa Martinelli, and Akim Tamiroff in Marco the Magnificent (1965)
AdventureBiography
Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder.Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder.Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder.
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
588
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    • Denys de La Patellière
    • Raoul Lévy(uncredited)
    • Noël Howard(co-director)
  • Writers
    • Denys de La Patellière(screenplay)
    • Raoul Lévy(screenplay)
    • Jacques Rémy(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Horst Buchholz
    • Grégoire Aslan
    • Robert Hossein
    • Denys de La Patellière
    • Raoul Lévy(uncredited)
    • Noël Howard(co-director)
  • Writers
    • Denys de La Patellière(screenplay)
    • Raoul Lévy(screenplay)
    • Jacques Rémy(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Horst Buchholz
    • Grégoire Aslan
    • Robert Hossein
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    • 7User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Horst Buchholz in Marco the Magnificent (1965)
    Anthony Quinn and Horst Buchholz in Marco the Magnificent (1965)
    Marco the Magnificent (1965)
    Marco the Magnificent (1965)
    Anthony Quinn and Robert Hossein in Marco the Magnificent (1965)
    Anthony Quinn in Marco the Magnificent (1965)
    Marco the Magnificent (1965)
    Robert Hossein in Marco the Magnificent (1965)
    Anthony Quinn in Marco the Magnificent (1965)
    Anthony Quinn and Myriam Michelson in Marco the Magnificent (1965)
    Lynne Sue Moon and Myriam Michelson in Marco the Magnificent (1965)
    Anthony Quinn in Marco the Magnificent (1965)

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    Horst Buchholz
    Horst Buchholz
    • Marco Polo
    Grégoire Aslan
    Grégoire Aslan
    • Achmed Abdullah
    Robert Hossein
    Robert Hossein
    • Prince Nayam, Mongol Rebel Leader
    Elsa Martinelli
    Elsa Martinelli
    • The Woman with the Whip
    Akim Tamiroff
    Akim Tamiroff
    • The Old Man of the Mountain
    Omar Sharif
    Omar Sharif
    • Emir Alaou
    Anthony Quinn
    Anthony Quinn
    • Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor of China
    Orson Welles
    Orson Welles
    • Akerman, Marco's Tutor
    Massimo Girotti
    Massimo Girotti
    • Nicolo Polo, Marco's Father
    Folco Lulli
    Folco Lulli
    • Spinello, Venetian Merchant
    Guido Alberti
    • Pope Gregory X
    Lynne Sue Moon
    Lynne Sue Moon
    • Princess Gogatine
    • (as Lee Sue Moon)
    Bruno Cremer
    Bruno Cremer
    • Guillaume de Tripoli, a Knight Templar
    Maria Virginia Onorato
    • Alaou's Wife
    • (as Virginia Onorato)
    Jacques Monod
    Jacques Monod
    • Nicolo de Vicenza, a Knight Templar
    Mica Orlovic
    • Matteo Polo, Marco's Uncle
    Mansoureh Rihai
    • Taha
    Dragomir Felba
        • Denys de La Patellière
        • Raoul Lévy(uncredited)
        • Noël Howard(co-director)
      • Writers
        • Denys de La Patellière(screenplay)
        • Raoul Lévy(screenplay)
        • Jacques Rémy(screenplay)
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      • Trivia
        The film was started in 1962 by Christian-Jaque with Alain Delon, Dorothy Dandridge, Michel Simon and Bernard Blier. The filming was interrupted due to inadequate funding and was started again in 1963.
      • Quotes

        Achmed Abdullah: My gift cannot share your couch, my dear friend, but I know how much you love animals.

        [he gestures towards a tiger]

        Achmed Abdullah: . Does she please you?

        The Old Man of the Mountain: Ohhh... a well-matched exchange, worthy of two old friends who trust each other.

        Achmed Abdullah: It is difficult to fully trust a friend whose face one never sees. I would consider it a friendly act if you removed your golden mask.

        The Old Man of the Mountain: It is a friendly act that I do not remove it. All who see my face - die!

        Achmed Abdullah: But your assassins

        [gesturing towards them]

        Achmed Abdullah: all see your face.

        The Old Man of the Mountain: And all die. And go to paradise the moment I tell them their time has come.

        Achmed Abdullah: But the women... the women you love, surely you remove your mask for them?

        The Old Man of the Mountain: Oh, if you only knew how much it hurts me to lose so many loved ones...!

        [he sighs heavily]

        The Old Man of the Mountain: Do you still wish me to remove my mask?

        Achmed Abdullah: Who me? Did I ask for that? No!

      • Connections
        Featured in The Movie Orgy (1968)

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      visually very appealing but ultimately disappointing
      Cinematographer Armand Thirard (les Diaboliques, le Salaire de la peur) does a fabulous job with beautiful environmental shots, but unfortunately everything else in this movie is crap. This movie is terrible, but somehow visually reminiscent of Kwaidan (Kobayashi, 1964), which is one of the greatest fairy-tale films in the world, largely because of the sceneries and the lighting. 'Marco' could have been magnificent if there was another protagonist and another director. It is a pretentious and dumb movie with (2-minute performance) box-office attraction Orson Welles who wore a silly costume: don't bother to see it plz. Maybe nice for kids though as a supposed adventure movie. And to see Anthony Quinn in an unexpected role: I had to search the credits to find which part he played. I would be grateful if someone did a remake of these promising tales.
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      • rogierr
      • Aug 2, 2001

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      • Release date
        • August 6, 1965 (France)
        • France
        • Italy
        • Afghanistan
        • Egypt
        • Yugoslavia
        • French
        • Italian
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      • Filming locations
        • Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
      • Production companies
        • ITTAC
        • Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC)
        • Prodi Cinematografica
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      • 1 hour 40 minutes
        • Mono

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