La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo
La 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 Noël Howard. Raoul Levy committed suicide in December 1966 after losing most of his fortune financing this film.
Plot
Marco Polo (Horst Bucholz) is idling around in Venice when Pope Gregory commissions him to take a message of peace and understanding to the Emperor of China on the presumption that a young courier might stand a better chance of reaching China.
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| author | Jacques Rémy Jean Anouilh Jean-Paul Rappeneau Raoul Lévy |
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| contentLocation | Italy |
| director | Denys de La Patellière Noël Howard Raoul Lévy |
| genre | adventure drama historical |
| keywords | attack bamiyan buddhas capture horst bucholz kill marco polo mongol old man old man of the mountain the old man of the mountain understand venice |
| musicBy | Georges Garvarentz |
| theme | epic |