Marco Polo

Well, this is very strange.

Marietta, listen to this.

What is it dear?

I'll miss your embraces

and your lips pressed to mine. Yours, MP.

MP, whose lips?

Not mine of all the presumption.

Now, who do we know called MP?

- I don't know anyone. Don't you go drawing conclusions.

How could |I? Cooped up inside the house all day

for a forgotten creature.

MP, MP, I'll miss you. Bah!

At least we'll have roast pigeon for dinner.

I told you.

Don't mention his name again.

He's gone for good.

But he might have given me a word or memento.

Oh Marco, Marco my love, why didn't you?

- I won't let you walk out on me like this.

I'm going to cut your heart out you monster.

I know you're really laughing up your sleeve,

but I'll get even with you,

I've avenge all the women you've deceived.

- But, but why Fatima? It's such a big job.

Why do you distress me so? Aw, listen --

Stay where you are. Don't dare touch me.

Don't you dare to pretend you love me.

Your eyes are as cold and dry as a shake's.

Cobra! Monster!

Monster...

You're mistaken, Fatima.

My eyes are overflowing.

Look at me.

Oh my beloved, will you forgive me?

Why of course I forgive you.

Even though you've made me suffer.

Even though you've insulted me.

(grimacing)

What are they doing to him?

- Torturing him to death. He was caught inside the harem.

Torturing him?

They should give 'em a medal. Who can reprieve him?

Only Esther, the harem favorite.

It's she who gives the orders in these dominions.

Yeah.

I want that Chinaman Ester.

What for?

- For my trip into China, I'll need a servant.

Anyone that's smart enough

to get into a harem I want with me.

How can I ransom him?

Stranger, the payment I want,

you can easily afford to give.

Hmm?

Come kiss me.

Master?

Huh?

- Did you have to pay a great price for me?

Don't even remind me of it.

Nothing ever cost me so much in my whole life.

- The Great Wall of China master.

Mmhmm.

What's it for?

- The Emperor Qin ordered it to be built because

if feared a Mongol invasion,

but the Mongols got in all the same.

- They must have had the keys to the gates.

- They razed most of it to the ground.

What you see is only a fragment of what it was,

but it's still beautiful.

With all that stone,

they could have built many other things,

more useful and more profitable.

Don't you like it?

No, fear's a bad architect.

Come to Venice and see how much more we've done

with fewer stones.

Are they going hunting?

No, they're going fishing.

With falcons?

Those are cormorants.

They fly over the river, dive in,

catch the big fish and then take them to the masters,

who give them a little fish as a reward.

Cheaters.

Play with these Chinese.

How far is it to Peking?

-You can reach it in one day and one night.

But you shouldn't travel alone at night.

Oh no? Then we're on the right road.

For Peking, yes.

- Yes? You're a good guide, Ciu-Lin. Thank you very much.

Yes master.

What's that?

- It's what we Chinese call Mongolian music.

We better stay far away.

Ciu-Lin, don't you know that fear

is the enemy of learning.

Mongolian bandits. What did I tell you?

They're a magnificent spectacle.

And you wanted to miss the whole show.

Let's get away master.

No, let's make a wager.

Choose a side you want.

Those, the Mongols with the fur hats.

For a million?

If you like master.

It's a wager.

Look, look.

Bad, bad at all.

Hmm?

Hyeh!

(intense classical music playing, horses galloping)

Oh, you'll spoil your dress.

My you're pretty, did you know that?

Oh, look out!

Get back!

Don't be afraid. I'll take you back to your people.

- My people? Supposing they have been all killed?

Oh, I don't think so.

If that's true, it means we're alone together.

I might add, I like that.

Stranger. You speak like the wind.

I'm not a bit sure I want to be alone with you.

Besides I can walk all by myself.

All right, go ahead.

Climb up.

- There, I told you he would save her.

Why didn't you come to rescue me?

We lost all our horses.

My reward for the rescue?

Give him as much gold as he wants.

Yes princess.

Uh, gold I'm not interested in.

As you wish.

- If you don't mind, I'd rather settle the account later.

And don't worry, we'll find a way to do it. Huh?

What impudence.

- A monastery is the safest place

to sleep at night.

- My father often told me about the monastery

of the hundred Buddhists.

It's awfully quiet.

Here comes someone.

- I'm Marco Polo, son of Nicola and nephew of Mateo.

I ask your hospitality for the night.

- You are most welcome to our humble monastery.

We are honored.

Your servant can leave your horses

in our stables behind the hill.

My brothers will take care of them.

Come.

I had the privilege of knowing your honorable father

during his first journey to China.

It is a great pleasure to meet his son.

Thank you.

My father and my uncle had to stop and Tibet.

I'm on my way to Peking to bare their greetings

to the great Khan.

Do not be afraid, stranger.

You are among friends here.

All brave men are friends of mine.

Thank you.

I could be your friend,

if I didn't think you were the leader of a band of brigands.

You are speaking to Cuday,

nephew of the great Khan.

Cuday. Yes, I've heard of you.

As a bandit?

- No as a rebel against your emperor and your master.

- Your tongue is as quick as the sword you wield.

It would please me to have you with us.

- (chuckling) I'm afraid you'd be disappointed.

I'm essentially a man of peace.

I too would like to be a man of peace.

You and your rebels?

I love and revere the great Khan.

But I hate all those who take advantage of his old age,

to oppress his people.

Look at them! You call them bandits.

The fact that they are rebels