Review of Marco Polo

I remember watching this tv-series when I was a child, and have still so vivid memories about it. After so many years I finally got the DVD!!! Just like pure gold, it has withstood the test of time magnificently. Ken Marshall is perfectly credible in depicting Marco's moving naivety, he really seems to grow up with the film, and his complex relationship with his father is depicted with depth, a sequence after another. And Burt Lancaster! And Leonard Nimoy! And the whole legion of great actors and characters, who paint a wonderful fresco. The whole story is re-written into a very thoughtful script which gives the audience fully understanding of what was going on. I also appreciated the subtle humour of many scenes, for example when the Doge of Venice recalled the ambiguity of the City during the Crusades. I'm surely not doing justice to all the staff which worked on the costumes and photograph, not even to the film-maker, Giuliano Montaldo, who is not super famous now in Italy. I only remember the name of Ennio Morricone for the music. I'm watching it with my husband,who is really not on historical films, and last night he asked me about a written version of the "Million". To make a long story short: watch it. You'll thank me, really.