Marco Polo

Marco Polo

166 mins | Drama, Adventure, History, TV Movie | April 6, 2007

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.

Marco Polo

166 mins | Drama, Adventure, History, TV Movie | April 6, 2007

Marco Polo
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.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers RHI Entertainment
Original title Marco Polo
Directors Kevin Connor
Writers Ron Hutchinson

Cast

Ian Somerhalder

as Marco Polo

BD Wong

as Pedro

Desiree Ann Siahaan

as Temulun / Kensai

Brian Dennehy

as Kublai Khan

Lim Kay Tong

as Lord Chenchu

Christian Lee

as Cogatai

Yan Luo

as Chabi

Alan Shearman

as Maffeo Polo

Michael O'Hagan

as Old Marco Polo

Lim Yu-Beng

as Burmese Priest