4.2
Italian explorer rescues the daughter of the Mongol leader Kublai Khan, meets a hermit who has invented gunpowder and builds a cannon.
Rory Calhoun
Marco Polo
Yoko Tani
Princess Amurroy
Camillo Pilotto
Grand Khan
Pierre Cressoy
Cuday
Michael Chow
Ciu-Lin
Thien-Huong
Tai-Au
Ernest Van-Mohr
Ada Passeri
Tia Balena
Claudio Undari
Mongka
Director
Hugo Fregonese
Director, Writer
Piero Pierotti
Writer
Ennio De Concini
Writer
Oreste Biancoli
Writer
Eliana De Sabata
Writer
Duccio Tessari
Writer
Antoinette Pellevant
April 13, 2023
6
Someone obviously thought that the "Conqueror" (1956) wasn't a bad idea, so decided to assign B-movie stalwart Rory Calhoun the task of portraying the legendary Venetian explorer Marco Polo as he ventures into the Chinese empire. As history has rather defined the man, there is not a great deal of jeopardy to this story - it's all about the creative narrative, and that delivers us a perfectly enjoyable adventure film with plenty of Oriental mischief-making, plotting, intrigues - a smattering of gunpowder, and a little romance with the dazzling Princess "Amurroy" (Yôko Tani) who is daughter of the all-powerful Kublai Khan (Camillo Pilotto). It is an Italian production, but that doesn't seem to have added much authenticity to this - it is still a relatively low budget affair that centres around a star who really wasn't big enough to carry the role (if not the part) leaving us with, well, just a little too little. That said, it's watchable on a the telly on wet afternoon, just be aware - historians need probably not bother.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
Italian
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00