Marco Polo

Marco Polo

Marco Polo is an American-Italian television miniseries originally broadcast by NBC in the United States, by Antenne 2 in France and by RAI in Italy in 1982. It starred Kenneth Marshall as Marco Polo, the 13th-century Venetian merchant and explorer. The series also featured appearances by Denholm Elliott, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, 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.

Cast for Marco Polo...

Ken Marshall
Marco Polo
Anne Bancroft
Marco's Mother
John Gielgud
Doge di Venezia
John Houseman
Patriarca di Aquileia
David Warner
Antonio Rustico
Denholm Elliott
Niccolò Polo
Tony Vogel
Matteo Polo
Mario Adorf
Giovanni
Sada Thompson
Aunt Flora
Marilù Tolo
Donna Fiammetta
Roberto Miracco
Bartolomeo
Jack Watson
Old Sailor
Burt Lancaster
Teobaldo Visconti
Tony Lo Bianco
Nicola Polo
Ian McShane
Ali Ben Yussouf
James Hong
Phagspa
Tad Horino
The Immortal
Patrick Mower
Brother Damian
Franco Fantasia
Venetian Captain
Lorenzo Rizzato
Venetian Nobleman
Beulah Quo
Empress Chabi
Junichi Ishida
Prince Chinkin
Gordon Mitchell
Arnolfo, Jailer
John Dicks
Brother Philip
Lao Lin
Bayan
Soon-Tek Oh
Wang Zhu
Vladek Sheybal
Prosecutor
Jesse Dizon
Novice Lama
Paul Müller
Brother Anselmo
Enzo Robutti
Cardinal
Renato Scarpa
Brother Thomas
Andrew Keir
Old Shepherd
William Squire
Inn-Keeper
Sada Thompson
zia Flora