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Marco Polo Jnr Versus the Red Dragon

1h 20m • Children’s, Adventure, Fantasy, Family • 1972

In Australia's first animated feature film, Marco Polo Jnr and his seagull journey to Xanadu to help Princess Shining Moon defeat an evil magician.

Marco Polo Jnr discovers he is the seventh son of the seventh son of the legendary explorer Marco Polo. To reunite two halves of a magic medallion, Marco goes on a daring journey to Xanadu which is now controlled by an evil emperor, the Red Dragon. Marco must help the imprisoned Princess Shining Moon, the kingdom’s rightful heir, defeat the Red Dragon and in doing so, discover his true destiny. Over 100 animators and artists worked for two years on this production, Australia’s first animated feature film.

Distributed by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Released by arrangement with Gaby Porter and John Porter.

© Animation International Inc. and Gaby Porter and John Porter.

Director

Eric Porter

Language

English

Country

Australia

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