Marco Polo
(2007)
Regisseur:
Kevin ConnorSchauspieler:
Ian Somerhalder, BD Wong, Desiree Ann Siahaan, Brian Dennehy, Lim Kay Tong, Christian Lee, Yan Luo, Alan Shearman, Michael O'HaganDer junge Marco Polo reist nach China und lernt das Reich des sagenumwobenen Kublai Khan kennen. Nachdem er die lange Reise voller Gefahren und Strapazen überstanden hat, gewinnt er schließlich sogar das Vertrauen des großen Herrschers, macht eine politische Karriere am Hof und steigt zum Statthalter in der chinesischen Provinz auf. Marco und sein Sklave bestehen im mittelalterlichen China viele Abenteuer und müssen sich gegen Intrigen am kaiserlichen Hof zur Wehr setzen. Hohe Beamte und Adlige neiden dem “Barbaren” seinen gesellschaftlichen Aufstieg und werfen ihm, wo es nur geht, Knüppel zwischen die Beine.
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.
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.