Marco Polo
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Kathryn Dowling
Burt Lancaster
Leonard Nimoy
Agnes Chan
Renato Miracco
Tang Bowen
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Ten-hour dramatization (in four parts) of the Marco Polo odyssey, filmed in Italy, Morocco and the People's Republic of China, where it was the first western production to be made since the late 1940s, all at a hefty (by TV standards) cost of $10-million during a 13 month shooting schedule. Ken Marshall, a relative unknown who subsequently starred in the theatrical sword-and-sorcery film "Krull", has the lead role at the head of a cast of name stars. As Kublai Khan, one of China's leading actors, Ying Ruocheng, made his western debut. Ruocheng, who was forced into the provinces to perform manual labor during the Cultural Revolution, reportedly is his country's Toshiro Mifune. In 1983 he received further attention not only for his surprising fluency in English, but also in his capacity as co-director with Arthur Miller and star of "Death of a Salesman", the first American play to be staged in China since the Communist takeover after World War II.
Despite the less-than-enthusiastic critical reception of "Marco Polo", this Italian-made miniseries won the Emmy Award as the Outstanding Limited Series. Its other nominations were for photography (Part 4), production design and set decoration (Part 2), costume design (Part 3), and editing, hairstyles, and sound editing (all Part 4).
Cast
Kathryn Dowling
Burt Lancaster
Leonard Nimoy
Agnes Chan
Renato Miracco
Tang Bowen
F. Murray Abraham
Anne Bancroft
Shi Jen Ohuan
Paul Muller
Sada Thompson
Lao Li
Bruno Zanin
Jesse Dizon
Shi Kuan
Renato Scarpa
Alexander Picolo
James Hong
Yu Shaokang
Na Renhua
Ian Mcshane
Ken Marshall
Gino Santercole
John Gielgud
Ying Ruocheng
Patrick Mower
Sa Ren
Zhao Er Kang
Huang Xialei
Soon-tek Oh
En He Sheen
Rossella Como
John Houseman
Sun Shulin
Tetsuro Tamba
Xiao Yan
Mario Adorf
Zhang Zhongxi
Hal Buckley
Marilu Tolo
Gang Yang
Gordon Mitchell
Riccardo Cucciolla
Wang Jianing
Denholm Elliott
John Dicks
Junichi Ishida
Tony Raven
Ren Shen
Cao Zengyin
Li Zhihua
Georgia Slowe
David Warner
Bruno Corazzari
Tony Vogel
Tony Lobianco
Corrado Gaipa
Tao Horino
Vernon Dobtcheff
Beulah Quo
Crew
Giovanni Bertolucci
Jeff Bushelman
Steve Bushelman
David Butler
Bruno Cesari
Franco Cristaldi
Pasqualino De Santis
Vincenzo Labella
Vincenzo Labella
Ian Macgregor-scott
Elda Magnanti
Renata Magnanti
John A Martinelli
Giuliano Montaldo
Ennio Morricone
Luciano Ricceri
Enrico Sabbatini
Tonino Testa
Paul Zydel
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States May 16, 1982
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Aired in United States May 18, 1982
Aired in United States May 19, 1982
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