Marco Polo (1982)
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Franco Fantasia as Venetian Captain
Episodes 8
Part 1
The splendors and intrigues of the 13th century are seen through the eyes of the Venetian Marco Polo (Ken Marshall), who sets out with his father and uncle on a journey to the Far East. Niccolo: Denholm Elliott. Teobaldo: Burt Lancaster. Doge: John Gielgud. Matteo: Tony Vogel.
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In “The Fourth Step,” the Polo family reunion in Kublai’s city was less than joyous, with Marco’s uncle sneering at the cultural assimilation that his brother’s son had embraced. While their time together was bitter and brief, no one even bothered to raise the subject of whether Marco would leave Kublai’s court with them, rejoining them in the family merchant business. But subsequent events—beginning with the Polos’ arrest for smuggling—proved that Marco was even more “Oriental” then uncle had claimed.
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Part 8
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