Anthony Quinn (Kublai Khan)
Elsa Martinelli (Woman with the Whip)
Horst Buchholz (Marco Polo)
Omar Sharif (Emir Alaou)
Robert Hossein (Prince Nayam)
Akim Tamiroff (Old Man of the Mountain)
Mansoureh Rihai (Taha)
Mica Orlovic (Marco's Uncle)
Folco Jacques Monod (Nicolo de Vicenza)
Folco Lulli (Spinello)
Massimo Girotti (Marco's Father, Nicolo)
Bruno Cremer (Guillaume de Tripolis)
Guido Alberti (Pope Gregory X)
Orson Welles (Ackerman)
Gregoire Aslan (Achmed Abdullah)