Marco Polo (TV miniseries)

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.

Cast

• Ken Marshall as Marco Polo
• Denholm Elliott as Niccolò Polo
• Tony Vogel as Matteo Polo
• David Warner as Rustichello da Pisa
• Burt Lancaster as Pope Gregory X
• Vernon Dobtcheff as Pietro d'Abano
• John Gielgud as Doge of Venice
• John Houseman as...... ...
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