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Marco the Magnificent is a egyptien film of genre Biography directed by Denys de La Patellière released in USA on 14 december 1966 with Horst Buchholz
Marco the Magnificent (1965)
La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo
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Add to a movie listLa Fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo or Marco the Magnificent is a 1965 International co-production (Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Egypt, France, Italy) adventure film directed by Denys de La Patellière and Raoul Lévy.
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Au XIII siècle, le jeune Marco Polo, fils d'une famille de commerçants vénitiens, va à Pékin pour rencontrer l'empereur mongol Kubilai Khan qui a transmis un message d'entente au pape Grégoire X, représentant de l'Occident chrétien. Marco Polo assure la pérennité de l'empereur en déjouant les tentatives d'usurpation de son trône en devenant, en quelque sorte, son ambassadeur dans différents pays d'Asie.Actors
Horst Buchholz
(Marco Polo)
Anthony Quinn
(Kublai Khan)
Robert Hossein
(Prince Nayam)
Massimo Girotti
(Nicolo, Marco's Father)
Orson Welles
(Akerman, Marco's Teacher)
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