Marco the Magnificent
1965, French. Directed by Denys de La Patellière & Raoul Lévy.
A story of endurance, savagery and heroism
Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels, headed by his own son, with a new invention: gunpowder.
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Denys de La PatellièreDirector
- Raoul LévyDirector
- Horst BuchholzMarco Polo
- Anthony QuinnKublai Khan
- Orson WellesAkerman, Marco's Teacher
- Bruno CremerGuillaume de Tripoli, a Knight Templar
- Omar SharifSheik Alla Hou
- Robert HosseinPrince Nayam
- Akim TamiroffThe Old Man of the Mountain
- Elsa MartinelliThe Woman with the Whip
- Grégoire AslanAchmed Abdullah
- Massimo GirottiNicolo, Marco's Father
- Folco LulliSpinello, Venetian Merchant
- Guido AlbertiPope Gregory X
Details
- Released
- 6 August 1965
- Original title
- La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo
- Country
- Egypt, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, France, Italy
- Written by
- Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Jacques Rémy, Raoul Lévy
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Marco the Magnificent runs 112 minutes (1h 52m).
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Marco the Magnificent isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 August 1965. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Marco the Magnificent?
Marco the Magnificent (1965) was directed by Denys de La Patellière and Raoul Lévy and stars Horst Buchholz, Anthony Quinn, Orson Welles.