Marco Polo

Apr 6, 2007

2h 46m

★ 6.2

Overview

Assigned to accompany two priests on a mission to convert the court of Kublai Khan to Christianity, Marco Polo is abandoned in the mountains when the priests, doubting the very existence of China, turn back. Polo eventually pushes bravely forth alone toward the fabled country where he is accepted as an envoy into Khan's court. Marooned on the far side of the world, Polo, accompanied by his servant, Pedro, advances as a Mongol grandee for twenty extraordinary years. What he eventually brings back with him to the West is a chronicle that changed history forever.

Genres

Adventure

Drama

TV Movie

History

Production Companies

RHI Entertainment

Marco Polo Trailers

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Cast

Marco Polo

Ian Somerhalder

Pedro

BD Wong

Temulun / Kensai

Desiree Ann Siahaan

Kublai Khan

Brian Dennehy

Lord Chenchu

Lim Kay Tong

Cogatai

Christian Lee

Chabi

Luo Yan

Maffeo Polo

Alan Shearman

Old Marco Polo

Michael O'Hagan

Burmese Priest

Lim Yu-Beng

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