---
title: 'Marco the Magnificent (1965)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Raoul Lévy'
released: '1965-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/marco-the-magnificent-1965'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059429/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Marco the Magnificent (1965)

1965 · 117 min · Adventure · France, Italy

Original title: La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo

## Synopsis

La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo or Marco the Magnificent is a 1965 international co-production 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Raoul Lévy](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-levy), [Denys de La Patellière](https://cinepixo.com/people/denys-de-la-patelliere), [Noël Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-howard)
- **Screenplay:** [Raoul Lévy](https://cinepixo.com/people/raoul-levy), [Jean Anouilh](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-anouilh), [Jean-Paul Rappeneau](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-paul-rappeneau), [Jacques Rémy](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-remy)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Georges Garvarentz](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-garvarentz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Armand Henri Julien Thirard](https://cinepixo.com/people/armand-henri-julien-thirard), [Claude Renoir](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-renoir)

## Cast

- [Elsa Martinelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/elsa-martinelli) as the woman with the whip
- [Orson Welles](https://cinepixo.com/people/orson-welles) as Akerman
- [Horst Buchholz](https://cinepixo.com/people/horst-buchholz) as Marco Polo
- [Dragomir Felba](https://cinepixo.com/people/dragomir-felba)
- [Lynne Sue Moon](https://cinepixo.com/people/lynne-sue-moon) as Kököchin
- [Guido Alberti](https://cinepixo.com/people/guido-alberti) as Gregory X
- [Bruno Cremer](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-cremer) as Guillaume de Tripoli
- [Jacques Monod](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-monod) as Nicolo de Vicenza
- [Folco Lulli](https://cinepixo.com/people/folco-lulli) as Spinello
- [Omar Sharif](https://cinepixo.com/people/omar-sharif) as Sheik Alla Hou
- [Janez Vrhovec](https://cinepixo.com/people/janez-vrhovec)
- [Lucille Soong](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucille-soong)
- [Robert Hossein](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-hossein) as Prince Nayam
- [Grégoire Aslan](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregoire-aslan) as Ahmad Fanakati
- [Akim Tamiroff](https://cinepixo.com/people/akim-tamiroff) as Rashid ad-Din Sinan

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/marco-the-magnificent-1965
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