Marco Polo (mini-series)

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Marco Polo
Genre Drama, History
Written by David Butler
Vincenzo Labella
Giuliano Montaldo
Directed by Giuliano Montaldo
Starring Ken Marshall
Denholm Elliott
F. Murray Abraham
Anne Bancroft
John Gielgud
John Houseman
Burt Lancaster
Tony Lo Bianco
Ian McShane
Leonard Nimoy
David Warner
James Hong
Composer(s) Ennio Morricone
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Flag of Italy Italy
Language(s) English
No. of episodes 4
Production
Executive
producer(s)
Giovanni Bertolucci
Franco Cristaldi
Vincenzo Labella
Co-executive
producer(s)
Renato M. Pachetti
Producer(s) Vincenzo Labella
Associate
producer(s)
John A. Martinelli
Editor(s) John A. Martinelli
Location(s) China
Italy
Mongolia
Morocco
Cinematography Pasqualino De Santis
Running time 480 min.
Broadcast
Original channel Flag of the United StatesNBC
Flag of ItalyRAI
Picture format Film
Audio format Monaural
Original airing Flag of the United StatesMay 16, 1982
Flag of ItalyDecember 5, 1982
External links
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Macro Polo is an american-italian television miniseries originally broadcast by NBC in the United States and RAI in Italy in 1982. It starred Ken Marshall as Marco Polo, the 14th-century Venetian explorer. The series also featured cameo appearances by Denholm Elliott, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, 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.

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