| Marco Polo | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama, History |
| Written by | David Butler Vincenzo Labella Giuliano Montaldo |
| Directed by | Giuliano Montaldo |
| Starring | Ken Marshall Denholm Elliott Tony Vogel F. Murray Abraham Anne Bancroft John Gielgud John Houseman Burt Lancaster Tony Lo Bianco Ian McShane Leonard Nimoy David Warner James Hong Ying Ruocheng |
| Composer(s) | Ennio Morricone |
| Country of origin | United States Italy |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Giovanni Bertolucci Franco Cristaldi Vincenzo Labella |
| Producer(s) | Vincenzo Labella |
| Editor(s) | John A. Martinelli |
| Location(s) | China Italy Mongolia Morocco |
| Cinematography | Pasqualino De Santis |
| Running time | 480 min. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC RAI |
| Picture format | Film |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original airing | May 16, 1982 December 5, 1982 |
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 Ken 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.
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