Marco Polo

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 14th-century Venetian explorer. The series also featured cameo appearances by Denholm Elliott, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Leonard Nimoy, and others. It was originally broadcast in four episodes, where episodes 1 and 4 were twice as long as episode... more

Original episode running time:

  • 8 h

Number of episodes:

  • 4
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