Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Ken MarshallMarco Polo
- Anne BancroftMarco's Mother
- John GielgudDoge di Venezia
- John HousemanPatriarca di Aquileia
- David WarnerAntonio Rustico
- Denholm ElliottNiccolò Polo
- Tony VogelMatteo Polo
- Mario AdorfGiovanni
- Sada ThompsonAunt Flora
- Riccardo CucciollaUncle Zane
