| La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo | |
| Director: | Denys de La Patellière, Noël Howard |
| Starring: | Horst Buchholz Anthony Quinn |
| Country: | France Italy Yugoslavia Egypt Afghanistan |
| Language: | French Italian English |
La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo or Marco the Magnificent is a 1965 international co-production (Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Egypt, France, Italy) 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.[1]
Marco Polo (Horst Bucholz) is idling around in Venice when Pope Gregory commissions him to take a message of peace and understanding to the Emperor of China on the presumption that a young courier might stand a better chance of reaching China.On the journey his escort is attacked and killed leaving Marco Polo on his own. He meets with The Old Man of the Mountain; braves all varieties of climatic conditions; is captured by the Mongols and witnesses a sort of "Miss China" competition in order to provide the Emperor with an Empress.[2]
Rotislav Doboujinsky worked on the design of the clothes and caparacons for the men, horses and elephants - the living figures - of the chess game.[3]