Marco Polo is a 2007 TV mini series, starring Ian Somerhalder, B.D. Wong, and Brian Dennehy. It is directed by Kevin Connor. Marco Polo is a Venetian trader who was imprisoned in Genoa in the 13th century. He tells a fellow prisoner who is dying about his days as a young man in China. He talks about his fantastic adventures, his rise to governorship in Kublai Khan's (Brian Dennehy) court in Mongolia, his love for a kidnapped bride, and his escape back to Italy as a rich man.