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- 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.

- 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!

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.

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

is due to the injustice they've suffered.

- You dog!
- Stand up!

Move! Move on there!

- Who is this man?

- We found him hiding in the granary.

He may have been sent here to spy on us.

He is in the service of the great Khan.

- Assemble all the men.
We're leaving at once.

- To your horses!

My Lord, what
should we do with this man?

- Cut off his head or
enroll him as one of us.

The choice is his.

I see you have
an army of volunteers.

- Are you sure you don't
want to volunteer yourself?

- Positive.

- Farewell, Marco Polo.

I think we too shall meet again.

- Master, the only safe
place for us is Peking.

We better leave at dawn.

- If you intend to go to Peking,

it would be wise to send a
messenger to warn the emperor.

- Oh, I ride very fast.

No messenger could possibly
get there quicker than I.

- A hundred men go faster
than one man alone.

- I don't follow you.

- The great Khan has
set up a postal service

clear across the country.

Thousands of relay riders
carry the messages.

- That prisoner with the
bells on, is he one of them?

-Yes.

- A relay service? Very clever idea.

- Your servant can take the message

to the post official, he's nearby.

- Ah, Ciu-Lin,

write us a fine letter to the emperor

and tell him we're at his service.

- You and me serve the emperor?

-Yes.

- That's like sleeping with a tiger.

- Hah! Write it!

- Everywhere I look there is chaos.

Brother raid against brother.

We are headed for civil war,

and not even my own
daughter can move about

in safety any longer.

- Yes. Without the help of
that unknown foreign soldier.

Are you sure he was a soldier?

- He used his sword like a god of war.

Tall, slender, always a
smiling, his blue eyes,

a real soldier.

This is the
pass we have come to

as a result of Cuday's treachery.

My daughter owes her life and safety

to this unknown traveler,
a warrior with blue eyes.

- Father, my heart tells me

that Cuday still loves you as his uncle.

- And I love him as my nephew

but our feelings are of no account

in facing the reality
of established facts.

Cuday has raised a rebellion
against my authority.

He has actually dared
to question my orders

and turn against me.

You aren't taking his side too, are you?

- I would never turn against you father.

You are the best man in the whole world.

And I will always be on your side.

- The destiny of a beautiful
young girl like you

is not to stay forever at
the side of her old father.

- If it means leaving
you, I will never marry.

- Anyway, it wouldn't be
necessary for you to leave me.

Even though I know
there's not a king in Asia

who wouldn't feel overwhelmed

with the great honor of marrying you,

it's not impossible you know
that also here in Peking you --

- Forgive me if I'm
disturbing you, my Lord.

You are not
disturbing us in the least.

I was just saying at this moment that --

- It must be a very urgent matter,

if Mongka comes to my apartment
without being announced.

- We have just received
this urgent message.

It's from the son of Nicola Polo.

He's on his way to Peking

and is asking for an audience with you.

- You are a most
invaluable minister Mongka

because you spare me the effort
of reading even the letters

which are addressed to me personally.

- I consider it my duty

to avoid having my sovereign
disturbed by such details.

How are we to receive this Marco Polo?

- Well, it's quite obvious
that our country is beginning

to attract foreigners as
a flower attracts bees.

First of all, this
mysterious traveling soldier

with smiling blue eyes.

And now look, these traders
from occidental countries.

Give orders that this
traveling son of Nicola Polo

be sought for at once and
conducted to the palace.

- Please don't laugh. Master.

It's not funny. You will offend them.

It's a sacred ceremony. Not funny.

- Come on.

- Step up. Step up. I
offer the best prices.

Workmanship of the finest.
Price is unequaled anywhere.

Yes, watch this.

What do you think of that? Huh? Huh?

- How much is this?

- That is only 700, sir.

- Nope. I'll give you 100.

- Oh, I would be losing money.

Let's make it 200.

- Nope. I'm a merchant too. 150.

- Oh no.
- Give me the change.

- Well --

the change?

- Give me the change.

What's this?

- That is the new money now.

Put into circulation by the great Khan.

- Wait a minute, I gave you gold.

You mean the government
gives me back papers?

- Yes, yes.

- Well, what if I give
the government paper?

Will they give me gold?

- In theory, yes.

- In practice, no.

- Give me the gold.

Go on, gimme the gold.

Come on, gimme the money.

Let's go, Ciu-Lin.

Whew, what's that smell?

- Smell? That's perfume.

It's delicious old Chinese
eggs, at least 35 years old.

They've been buried underground.

- 35 years old?

-Yes.

- I was hungry, but I'm not now.

- Let's go to the tavern of
my aunt Whale Blubber.

She's the best cook in the whole world.

- Where's that?
- This way.

- Good.

- Honorable cousin.
- Honorable cousin.

- Honorable cousin.
- Honorable cousin.

- Honorable cousin.
- Honorable cousin.

- Honorable cousin.
- Honorable cousin.

- Honorable cousin. Good day sir.

- Look.

- That's your name in Chinese.
This is my aunt's tavern.

She will be highly honored
to have you as a guest.

- Let's see.

- Good day. Is my aunt here?

Good day.

Ciu-Lin! Ciu-Lin!

- Whale Blubber!

- Ah, give a big hug, you
little good for nothing.

- It's rather difficult
to hug her all at once.

This is Marco Polo.

- Huh?

- He comes from Italy.

- What is Italy, anyway?

- A country very far away from here.

- Well, if he's come from so
far away, he must be tired.

- Tired no, hungry yes!

- Hungry, yes? Then you come with me.

We'll soon see about that.
Come and sit at a table.

Now what would you like to have?

Nice bird's nest soup
or some sharks fin soup

or maybe a piece of dog's head.

- Oh, dog's head?

Well I'm, I'm really not too hungry.

I'll just have some veggies.

- Oh no, no, no.

This is something you'll like much better.

- Oh, what's that, worms?

- Worms? No, no.

It's flour dough boiled until tender.

- Oh yeah?
- Spaghetti.

- Very good! Yeah!

- It's wholesome food.

- Is that dry spaghetti
before it's boiled?

Yes that's the same
thing before it's boiled.

- I think I'll take a
sample back to Italy.

- Good idea.

The Italians probably won't
like it.

- Here's a cup of my
special wine in your honor.

- Thank you. Thank you.
- Thank you.

Don't anybody move!

- Is there anything wrong?

What do you want coming
into my tavern like this?

Oh, I understand. Wang, bring
me some more drinking cups.

- Your wine isn't enough for us.

You owe the great Khan the new salt tax

and we're collecting.

Another tax,
but I have nothing left.

You've already taken all I had.

How many times do I have to tell you?

You've taken the last of my savings.

I have no money left to
pay you. That's the truth.

I swear it.

- Pay up or we're going to
confiscate all your property.

- Why you're nothing but a lot of bandits.

That's what I say you are.

- You, clear everything out.

- Outside, outside.

And you too. Leave that
and get out of here.

- Wait a minute, nobody invited you.

Give it back. What's the matter with you?

- Come on.

- Alright.

- Hungry huh? Dog's
head? Apes? Worms? Salad?

Rice?

Have some of this!

Soup!

Stop here.

- Tell me where the rebels
hiding place is. Tell me!

- No.

Tell me where the rebels hiding place is.

Who is the person responsible
for the rebellion?

You miserable dog.

- One day you'll be paid in full for this.

It's so easy to fight
against unarmed people.

I tell you, you too will meet your match.

- Leave him alone.

Leave that man alone I said.

We'll teach you to obey orders!

Come on! Rebel if you dare.

Why don't you? Try it!

- I owe you one.

- Put him in a cell with the rest of them.

- The soldiers are coming back again.

- I see the name of Marco Polo

written outside on the
wall of your tavern.

Where is your guest now?

- May I ask, what do
you want of Marco Polo?

- Answer me. Where is Marco Polo?

- My honorable master was
arrested a short while ago.

- Arrested.
- Yes.

Taken to prison by the honorable guards.

- Go to the prison at once.

- Thank you for what you did for me.

- What for? You're the brave one.

- Marco Polo!

- Keep out of this.

Have you any complaint to make?

- Not anymore.

- The great Khan is
expecting you at the palace.

- Oh!

- Marco Polo, son of Nicola
the Venetian is here.

- Father! That's the
man who saved my life.

- I bring you greetings great Khan

and to you, princess.

As fresh as a bubbling
spring by the great desert.

I pay homage for my father
Nicola and my uncle Mateo,

whom I proceeded on this journey

to this most illustrious court.

- Then I bid you welcome Marco.

I am delighted to receive
at court the nephew

and the son of my old friends.

You will render all honor to Marco Polo

because it was he who saved my daughter

from being abducted by bandits.

- In my capacity as prime minister,

I think I interpret the
desire of the great Khan

when I ask what you wish as a reward?

- For my poor merits?

I've already received the
most wonderful of all rewards.

A smile from you princess.

Are we to believe
that your arduous journey

has been undertaken solely to impress us

with a gallantry of the occident?

- Each country exports
what it has the most of.

- Is it worth exporting over
so perilous a trade route?

- A smile from such a woman
is a guard against any danger.

My father and my uncle are bringing you

a present from the Pope.

- What is it?

- I don't know, it's
sealed in a precious casket

which only you can open.

- A gift from the spiritual
leader of Christiandom

does me honor far more than I deserve.

You will send couriers with orders

to provide them with an escort.

Our highways these days are
becoming less and less safe.

Tell me, Marco, what has
struck you most forcefully

during your visit to China?

- The iron fist of the
captain of the prison.

- He will pay dearly for such
an a front. This I promise.

- Oh, don't worry. He's
already paid for it.

Forgive us for the
injustice you've suffered.

- There's nothing to forgive.
I learned about your prisons.

I saw your people and
I learned to know them.

- Weaklings meant for slavery.

- Men are not born to be slaves.

- Marco Polo.

Tell us about your country.

- My daughter and all my
ladies are curious to know,

among you is it really for forbidden

to have more than one wife?

- Ah, yes, for us one wife is
enough. Sometimes too much.

- Why, have you already a bride?

- No, but women like a
roof over their heads.

And I'm a vagabond.

- If you wish, choose
one of these ladies here.

As you see,
they're all very gentle.

Also well trained and from noble families.

- They're all very beautiful.

If I chose only one, I'd be
doing the others an injustice.

- You're a young man, but a very wise one.

You will remain as our
guest in the palace.

- Anticipating your wishes as
usual I've already assigned --

Allow me to serve you as
a guide in the palace.

Even a wise man might
mistake his bearings.

- And a blind man can see.

- Close that door at once.
The sunlight is blinding me.

- Forgive my negligence.
I'm only a worthless woman.

Chan, father of lanterns,

can you tell me which one
of the apartments has been

assigned to the young foreigner?

- Do not remove the hood from your falcon

before you see the rabbit.

Here is his green lantern.

It shows that he is in the dragon chamber,

an honored guest indeed.

- But that chamber is like a prison.

- These were the express orders of Mongka.

Every lantern may shine as
long as Mongka is willing.

But my tongue is my tiger.

If I loosen it, it will surely devour me.

- As an observer of curiosities,

I would like to know your opinion

of my private confessional.

Does it mean anything?
- No.

- It's a machine that's meant

to assist the most
stubborn man to confess.

To make him talk, you
need only touch this.

And the blades begin to lower.

They move closer and closer to
the slab our man is tied to.

Though at first they only graze him,

gradually they saw into him

and slice his bones to splinters.

- It's a nice toy, but it's rudimentary.

It could stand a few
changes here and there.

Let's see.

Think I've got it. I need a stick.

Ah, bamboo stick.

Lie down on the table.

It's only for a demonstration.

You're not afraid are you?

Thank you.

You place the stick on a man's chest.

Now the action of his
breathing causes the stick

to move up and down.

One moment please.

Ah, it's very sharp!

Now you attach the stick to a lever

that turns the blades by a cogwheel.

And every time the
stick moves up and down,

the cogwheel turns one tooth,

causing the blades to drop
lower, lower, and lower.

Bringing on the man's own death.

- Ingenious of you.

I'll have it perfected.

- Thank you.

- Everything will be adjusted
according to your idea.

- Have pity on me.

In the name of your
god, stranger, help me.

Help me!

- How did you happen to know this jackal?

- You forget that I was
a guest in your prison!

- The prisoner is yours now.

- Come.

You'll be the one to open the
door that leads to liberty.

- Thank you.

- Now he's free in every sense.

- You've made yourself very clear.

- A good drum doesn't need to
be beaten with a heavy hand.

- Providing the skin is tight.

- Oh, it's you Chan.

- I am replacing the candle
in your lantern foreigner.

You should remember that
this palace is a dangerous

and intricate maze where
one is easily lost.

But as long as you see
a green lantern shining,

follow it with confidence.

It will guide your steps in the right way.

- Who do you serve Chan?

- You must ask that of the golden eagle.

- Princess, see who's
up there in the balcony.

- Ciu-Lin, help me dress.

- Please don't go out master.

You can't make wine from
your neighbor's vine.

- Why are you always so
afraid of everything?

- If you're seen talking to the princess,

Mongka will begin oiling that
machine you've perfected.

- Heh! The Chinese have
yet to invent the torture

to keep an Italian away from love.

I don't need that.

Aw, don't cry.

We'll get your red dragon back.

- Please leave me alone.

You are a fortunate man, Marco.

You always run across
people who need your help.

- Not always princess. My luck
only began when I met you.

You know, in Venice,

when we wanna tell a girl
without words that we love her,

we send her a bouquet of roses.

- Bouquet you say?

Bouquet, it
means a bunch of roses.

And that's what you are.

You're the spring and everything blossoms

when it's near you.

- Your words are so sweet,
but I must not listen to them.

Why? Are you afraid
your kite might take them

high in the sky for everyone to read?

- Yes. You have to tell
a secret to your kite

to meet the man you love.

- Oh.

I don't
know whom I will marry.

Perhaps a prince from
far away land. Perhaps --

- Mongka?

- I don't want to think about it now.

I'm so happy that you are here.

- Can I tell a secret to your kite?

Mountains that reach the sky,

deserts that fade into the horizons.

I felt as if I were the first
man to ever set foot on 'em.

Magnificent cities that
spring from nowhere.

Ah, these eyes of mine
have seen such marvels,

I sometimes ask myself,
am I really traveling,

or is this just a dream?

- But Marco, you must be
nostalgic now and then

for your city and for your people.

- Yes, I remember the first time

I saw one of your fisherman
rowing down the river,

using one oar and standing
in the stern of his boat

like we do in Venice.

I was very homesick.

I understand.

But apart from that,

do you find the Chinese people
very different from your own?

- Well they're more
taciturn and much wiser.

We on the contrary we sing all the time.

We sing about love, about
hate, about everything.

But you Chinese, whether
you're happy or you're sad,

you're always silent.

- A deep, swollen river
that flows along its course

is potentially more dangerous
than the ocean in a tempest.

- And this is why the helmsman

must keep a firm grip on the rudder.

- You mean oppression and torture?

Yes, if necessary.

- It's very easy to misuse power.

- You think so?

In the wake of cholera and drought,

revolt is being stirred
up in Manchuria by Cuday.

We must send more troops and
stamp out Cuday's rebellion.

- Allow me great Khan.

In my travels through China,

I found the cause of
the trouble was hunger.

- We argue at cross purposes, foreigner.

You don't know this Cuday.

- That's where you're wrong, I met Cuday.

I found him very loyal, very wise.

He spoke of you with great affection.

Yes, he fights oppression,
but he doesn't fight you.

- See father? Marco Polo
says you what I told you.

- This senseless war is
draining our resources

and the specter of families
drawing ever closer to China.

- Why don't you try to
make peace once more?

-Yes.

Listen Mongka.

- I have guessed your sagacious proposal.

We must send our honored friend from Italy

to negotiate with Cuday.

His great qualities of
kindheartedness and diplomacy

are certainly the best guarantees

that this mission will meet with success.

- Just a moment.

I'm very flattered by your confidence.

But I think we ought to
talk about this tomorrow.

After all, I have to consult my pillow.

Good night.

- Will you be taking this too?

It will keep you nice and warm.

- I'll suffocate!

The air in Venice is very warm

and tastes of the sea and the sun.

- Maybe it's warm in Venice,

but in Manchuria you'll freeze to death.

Manchuria?

You really think I'm going to Manchuria?

But you said that you were --

- I only said I was going
to consult my pillow

and that's exactly what I'm doing.

Besides she gave me a certain look.

- She? Who?

- The princess, you idiot.

And I know the language
of the eyes very well.

Now she'll feel obliged to reward me.

Women always need an excuse.

- Not this one. The
princess is another kind.

- I'll wager before this
Chinese time piece burns out,

the princess calls for me. 1 million?

- Well, if you must
bet, make it 3 million.

- Oh, you wanna get even?

- No, the princess is not that kind.

Mmhmm.

- Well, what are you
waiting for? Open the door.

- Marco Polo.

The princess commands
your presence in her room.

- Ah-hah!

How many times must I tell you

never to bet, my boy?

Ah, you command my presence,
my obedience is your will.

I am here.

- I wanted to tell you how grateful I am.

Come here, stranger.

- Of course.

In Venice, we always
talk things over first.

- Talk things over, but why?

- Forget I said it.

Far be it for me to try
and change local customs.

- It is our custom to
protect those who defend us.

I wanted to give you this amulet.

- An amulet?

- You don't want it?

- Oh, why yes, of course.

That's the one thing I wanted most.

- Come closer Marco Polo.

The gods will protect you with this.

At the end of your journey,
you will give it to Cuday.

- Well, very pretty, very heavy too.

Gold from Canton and Jade from
Cathay, unless I'm mistaken.

- I entrusted it to you with confidence.

Give it back to Cuday,
but it will protect you.

- Huh? I guess there's
nothing left for me.

- Marco!

- Look, princess.

I want something of yours for me only.

- Of mine, then ask, I
will try to satisfy you.

- Oh, well I, I don't wanna ask too much.

A kiss?

- What's a kiss?

- It's a kiss.

That's a sign of devotion.

And this is one of memory,

that one must keep locked
tight in one's hand.

And this is a dream without waking.

And this is a vow of love.

Well, I'm sorry. I didn't
know we had an audience.

And I also didn't know

that I was a professor
of love in an academy.

So I guess there's nothing
left for me to do, but, but go.

- But Marco!

Don't you wish to say to goodbye me?

- Goodbye princess.

- A happy journey to you.

- Master?

- Yes?

- The, uh?

- Don't you dare ask.

You be quiet and pay your debt.

- Ciu-Lin! Ciu-Lin!

Are you wounded? Where?

- I don't know.

That's not a drop of blood left in me.

It must have run out somewhere.

It's only fright!

You saved my life. I cancel the debt.

You won 6 million.

- But how was it the first
arrow didn't stick into you.

- There's some trips you
must never take my boy

without an iron vest.

- I beg you master.

Let's leave here. Take me to your country.

- Wait a minute, I'm thinking.

- Please, master, don't think
up anything risky this time.

- You go to Peking.

- Me? You mean me?

-Yes.

- They'll make mince meat of me.

- No, no, no, no.

Look Mongko would be only too
happy to know that I'm dead.

You can tell 'em that we were
all killed an ambush by Cuday.

- What about me? What do I say?

- Well, you can tell 'em that,

that you fainted from fright
and so saved yourself.

- Do you think they'll believe me?

- Of course they'll believe you.

Look, only I know you're a real hero, eh?

They're heaven sent. They'll
pick the bones clean.

No one will ever know that's not me there.

Poor Marco Polo.

Now look.

Only princess Amuroy must
know that I'm still alive.

Is that understood?

- Why? Maybe you're a tiny
bit in love of the princess.

- Me in love?

Now you head for Peking.

- Master? I'm ready to make another bet.

- I don't bet on things like
that, now get outta here!

- A song is the emblem of a light heart.

But my dear Amuroy,

I must give you some sorrowful news,

which has made this old heart very heavy.

- The hearts of all of
us, princess Amuroy.

- May I share in your sorrow then?

- I would've preferred to
leave you in ignorance,

but I know you were extremely
fond, as all of us were,

of our good Italian friend.

- Is he dead?

- He was attacked by bandits

and he was unable to save himself.

This was found
in one of the bodies,

which vultures had disfigured
beyond recognition.

- I gave it to him.
- It can't be true.

I can't believe it.

Oh, my friend will never
come back again. No!

Goodbye Italian friend!

- Don't give way to despair now Amuroy.

Tai-Au, you must take care of your lady.

This evening there is
a festival in her honor

and she has to appear as
serene as she always is.

As if nothing had
happened.

- Did I cry well?

Yes.

I felt the strongest
desire to tell my father

that Marco is still alive
and it was not the bandits

who tried to kill him, but
that false hypocrite Mongka.

But are you certain that
Ciu-Lin was telling the truth?

- Ciu-Lin never tells me
anything but the truth.

- But why?

Ah, you and Ciu-Lin,
too?

- To lead a calf to water,
one has to wet one's feet.

- By the light of each new moon,

I turned my footsteps here and
wait beneath this golden fish

or one who never comes.

Your servant is as weary as a laden camel

who has crossed the great
desert a thousand times.

I am unable to force my
thoughts to dwell away from her.

Though my body walk in one direction,

my rebellious soul turns ever backward

like the silk of a banner
born into the wind.

Pray tell me my master,

does this princess you
wait for truly exist.

For me she lives only in your fancy.

I swore to her that I would
challenge dragons and demons

if I could only bear her away.

I feel that tonight's new moon
will look upon our happiness.

It is to the golden Eagle
that we confide our love.

Or rather you will look
upon demons and dragons

come to drive us away.

By Confucius, here they are
and I had not summoned them.

In the skies we shall be as
two birds on a single wing.

On earth as two trees united for eternity

with roots entwined.

Sky and earth will run their course,

but this love will endure forever.

- Master, master! Here I am!

What thought does he give his poor servant

now that he has found his love?

Oh moon, it is all your fault.

The two lovers have eloped
by the aid of your light.

- If you follow the green lanterns,

you will not meet any guards.

- Marco!

A kiss?

- Come!

What's the matter?

- A kiss?
- Shh!

- More!

- But darling, you don't
understand we're running away.

This is, this is not the moment for it.

Master, master!

- Huh?

- Forgive my humble disrespect.

But can't you leave it 'til tomorrow?

This place is full of shadows and guards.

- You're right, but you're a nuisance.

- Yes, master.

- You don't laugh at my kisses anymore.

- But what comes next after
kissing? What happens after?

- After kissing? I'll
explain later, come on.

- No one will find you here.

As soon as the hue and cry have
died down, you can move on.

But remember however, that
the princess is sacred.

- Can a man tear a pedal from a flower

when the center's
already deep in his mind?

- Are you becoming a poet?

- No. I'm trying to become
Chinese to be better understood.

- What's that?

- It's a pilgrim monk who is
playing with some magic powder.

- What is that? Where'd you get it?

- It was given to me by Tai-Fu.

He's a very strange man, an
astrologer and alchemist.

He lives in the mountains.

- Eh.

- Don't leave a single stone unturned.

Make a search of the entire countryside.

Find the princess and her companions.

Put anyone who can tell
something to torture.

But you must find me the one who dared

to abduct the princess Amuroy.

- I don't think your
ferocity or your tortures

will bring me back my beloved daughter.

- Your clemency is making me suspicious.

Something was too easy
about this abduction

and something too secure
about the hiding place

my men have not yet found.

You've hidden your daughter
to prevent her marriage to me.

- You permit yourself.
You're a madman Mongka.

Arrest him at once!

Arrest him I said!

They will no longer obey you.

Put him under guard! You are my prisoner.

I am assuming the Regency of China

until my marriage to your daughter

makes me your legitimate successor.

- Go and call your master.

- Princess wishes to see you, Master.

- Marco!

- Don't cry.

Ciu-Lin told me everything.

we'll find a way to save
your father from Mongka.

- But you don't know Mongka.
He controls the whole army.

And now all the power is in his hands.

No one in the palace would
dare defend my father.

Only Cuday has that courage,
but now he's too far away.

- Cuday is loyal to your
father and he hates Mongka.

He lives only for the moment

that he can bring him to justice.

- Mongka it's famous for his cruelty.

You know that his torturers are monsters.

I'm so afraid for my father.

- So am I, but when Cuday
hears of his treason,

he'll march on Peking.

We must let him know as soon as possible.

- But that would be suicide.

Cuday has only a few men
against that huge Mongol army.

- Maybe. I know of a way
of making a powerful army

out of Cuday's men, but
I must start at once.

You mustn't worry now,
you stay in the monastery.

- Remember, not a single eye
witness is to be left alive.

- Quick we must get to the secret passage.

- Tai-Au! Tai-Au!

- Please kiss me.

Let me feel the caress of
your lips again. Kiss me.

Don't be offended,

but it was Confucius who once said

that a hundred eyes are not enough

to keep strangers from harming us.

- I came a long, long
way to see you Tai-Fu.

I come here as a friend.

- Who sent you?

- The pilgrim monk from the monastery

of the hundred Buddhists.

- Oh, he's a great friend of mine.

He says little and talks too much.

- I saw your explosive powders.

- And so?

- I'm a merchant traveling
through your country in hopes

of starting a flourishing trade.

The idea struck me to give your powders

the magic colors that in
Venice would give to glass.

- Colors?

- Yes, make the fire different colors.

The colors of the stars, a waterfall,

a flaming fountain, a peacock!

People will come from all over
China to see your fire games.

- Stop for a moment please,
you make my head spin.

- But if it works, we'll
put our heads together.

You'll become a very famous man.

- And you?

- I'll be rich.

- The rich man is a dragon.
The poor man is a worm.

- Yeah. Which would you
rather be a dragon or a worm?

- Don't ask me silly questions.
I'd rather be a dragon.

- I've gotta find my master.

Which way is it?

Master?

Come on, you'll show me the way.

- Well, we must go outside
and wait for it to get dark.

- I cannot wait! Do it here and now.

- But it might be dangerous.

- Now, now, now!

- All right, now, now.

- We are friends, Marco Polo,

but I shall never, never tell
you the secret of my powder.

It is a powder of death.

It's much better to make
new stars to delight people.

And we'll mix the colors together.

Thank you.

You know what fascinates
me about our work.

You never know what to expect.

Will it be colored stars or an
explosion that'll blow us up?

- What is that? Exorcism?

- No, just a precaution.

A little Italian wisdom. Stand back.

- Why?

- I'm gonna light the fuse.

- Master!

- Hyeh! Master!

- This powder could be
used for many things.

- Good and bad.

Master!

Master! Oh, master!

- Get up, get up.

From the mouth of this device,

will come not only fire,

but a star that will explode
into a storm of projectiles,

that will liberate your country forever

from the rule of Mongka.

- Where are we going
to get all this powder

of which you speak that
makes this engine function?

- From Tai-Fu, if I can convince him.

- I don't like to hear talk of death,

but I like your talk of freedom and life.

I'll give you my powder, Cuday.

But only enough to bring
justice to our country.

- I'll begin the work

of felling the tallest trees in the forest

so you can build this instrument.

- No, wood is no good.

We need forged metal and
it's your job to get it.

- But how?

- Every Chinese house has a bronze gong.

Ask your people to give them to you.

We'll melt them down
and make a new weapon.

Hurry up there!

Hey, Ciu-Lin.

Watch that.

- There!

- We are ready, Marco.

- Good.

- Keep moving.

- I'll never marry you no
matter matter what you do.

- Your father's suffering
will change your mind I think.

- My father will never sign
a degree for our wedding.

- The great Khan has too much wisdom

not to approve our illustrious union.

Hatred and love often
speak identical languages.

One who hates at one moment,

may be deeply in love the very next.

- I don't hate you Mongka.

I despise you!

- Beyond that plain

and on the other side of
those hills lies Peking.

- We'll make it all right.

- Master.

- Thanks. Drink?

- There are hundreds.

They have weapons and cavalry

and a strange device drawn by bullocks.

They will try to undermine the walls.

- Have the barriers at
the gates reinforced

and all your men posted on the walls.

Deploy your best archers

to cover the weak spots in our defense.

Collect the best of your cavalry

and prepare to make a sudden attack.

We'll give a fitting welcome to Cuday.

- But we must notify the great Khan.

- You'll carry out my orders!

I alone give commands in Peking.

Get out!

- I'm going into the city.

A green rocket will be the signal

to begin the bombardment, understand?

- Why do you risk your life Marco?

Perhaps you will get into Peking,

but it's going to be almost
impossible to get out again.

- I have an appointment.

In my country it's bad manners
to keep a lady waiting.

- Take care Marco Polo.

- Don't worry. I'm in good hands.

One of us will get that
rocket up. Let's go!

- You see? At every breath
your daughter takes,

the blades move in perceptively lower.

That Venetian friend of
yours is most imaginative.

Sign it!

Make a single motion of your hand

if you want to stop those blades.

Father, no, don't do it.

- He was trying to break into the palace.

- This is indeed a fortunate
encounter Marco Polo.

You have brought us your own
head as a wedding present.

Master!

Master!

- Ciu-Lin.

- You're a great man.

The people of China will love you forever

for what you did for them.

- People? China?

But I did it all for her.

- What peace.

It's all over now. Just you and I.

- True.

- My father has told me to
arrange a date for the wedding.

You want it in how many days time?

- Oh, uh, whenever you like.

- In three days, time?

Maybe too soon.

Four? No.

Do you want it in six days time?

- Those are beautiful.

I've never seen anything like them before.

- Oh, these are small ones.

We use them as a calendar
for the weddings.

- These are small ones?
You use them as a calendar?

What a wonderful country.

- Every morning before the wedding,

the bride goes to the
well and throws one in.

- She throws it in?

- Mmhmm.

- But that's madness.

- No, you know the legend
about tears turning to pearls?

-Yes.

This is to
show the pain of waiting.

- Yes, I know, but but
you throw them away.

Don't you come back and get them.

- Oh, we have so many of them.

The girls on the coast of
Tientsin get them from oysters.

Now about the wedding?

- Ah, oysters, Tientsin.
How far away is Tientsin?

- Marco?

Yes?

- Do you know yourself?

- Yes I think so.

- You are the wind.

You always want to see what's
on the other side of the hill.

- That's true, but I love you Amuroy.

- Marco, I love you too.

More than anything in the whole world.

But I love you the way
you are, a vagabond.

And if I change you, you'll be unhappy.

- I know what you're thinking.

No, I won't go to Tientsin.

- Of course.

My darling wind, a kiss.

- Where's Tientsin?

- I know Master. It's
over there a long way.

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