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Medioevo italiano. I film del 1982 - Marco Polo e i suoi viaggi

MARCO POLO

1982, regia di Giuliano Montaldo

Scheda: Nazione: Italia-USA-Francia-Inghilterra-Austria - Produzione: Giovanni Bertolucci, Franco Cristaldi, Vincenzo Labella, John A. Martinelli - Distribuzione: RAI International, American Film Company - Soggetto: David Butler, Vincenzo Labella, Giuliano Montaldo - Sceneggiatura: David Butler, Vincenzo Labella, Giuliano Montaldo - Fotografia: Pasqualino De Santis - Montaggio: John A. Martinelli - Costumi: Enrico Sabbatini - Musiche: Ennio Morricone - Formato: Color, miniserie tv - Durata: 270' (la serie).

Cast: Ken Marshall, Denholm Elliott, Tony Vogel, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, John Houseman, Burt Lancaster, Tony Lo Bianco, Sada Thompson, David Warner, Ruocheng Ying, Ian McShane, Leonard Nimoy, Kathryn Dowling, Mario Adorf, F. Murray Abraham, Hal Buckley, Riccardo Cucciolla, John Dicks, Marilù Tolo, Georgia Slowe, Bruno Zanin, Alexander Picolo, Beulah Quo, James Hong, Junichi Ishida, Soon-Tek Oh, Renato Scarpa, Vernon Dobtcheff Rossella Como, Gordon Mitchell, Gino Santercole.

Trama e commenti: efebodoro.com - international.rai.it: «Una serie TV di dieci ore, suddivise in otto puntate, per raccontare la storia del leggendario viaggiatore veneziano del XIV secolo che inaugurò la via della seta tra l'Europa e l'Oriente. Prima grande produzione occidentale girata in Cina fin dai tempi della seconda guerra mondiale, la serie costò, nel 1982, 10 milioni di dollari e le riprese durarono ben tredici mesi...».

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - entertainment.msn.com - ponilla.org - cinemagia.ro - allmovie.com: «Thirteen months and ten million dollars were lavished upon this ten-hour, four-part TV miniseries about legendary globetrotter Marco Polo. Newcomer Ken Marshall played the title character, a 14th century Venetian explorer who, among other accomplishments, firmly established the "silk route" between Europe and the Orient, introducing such precious commodities as spaghetti and fireworks to the Occidental world. In addition to featuring the usual polyglot of major British and American stars in cameo roles (including Denholm Elliott, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Leonard Nimoy, and Burt Lancaster), the production represented the first Western production to be filmed on location in China since WWII -- not to mention the first English-language appearance of celebrated Chinese stage and film actor Ying Ruocheng, superbly cast as the mighty Kublai Khan. An American-Italian-Austrian-French-British co-production, Marco Polo received its first U.S. showing when it was telecast by NBC from May 16 through 19, 1982. A "condensed" version, running approximately 270 minutes, was later made available in Europe and South America» (Hal Erickson).

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