Denholm ElliottNiccolò Polo David WarnerRustichello da Pisa Patrick MowerFrate Damiano Gordon MitchellCapitano Arnolfo Giovanni MassaMesser Paolo Salvatore PuntilloMesser Andrea Maria Pia ColonnelloNutrice Giulio GasliniMesser Lorenzo Riccardo CucciollaZio Zane Tony Lo BiancoFrate Nicola Hal BuckleyFrate Guglielmo Ian McShaneAlì Ben Youssuf Vernon DobtcheffPietro De Abano Donato CastellanetaFrate del Santo Sepolcro Germano MoratelliCardinale Francesco Filippo FassinaSegretario del Papa Yen Shi-KwanAmmiraglio Won Renato ScarpaFrate Tommaso Franco FantasiaCapitano veneziano Rodolfo MarcenaroMercante Lorenzo RizzatoNobile veneziano Enzo SpitaleriConsigliere Anne BancroftMadre di Marco John GielgudDoge di Venezia John HousemanPatriarca di Aquileia Jack WatsonVecchio marinaio Alexandre PicoloMarco bambino Burt LancasterTeobaldo Visconti Roberto MiraccoBartolomeo Andrew KeirVecchio pastore Giuliano MontaldoDirector / Screenplay Vincenzo LabellaScreenplay / Producer Franco CristaldiCo-Producer Giovanni BertolucciProducer Luciano RicceriProduction Design Bruno CesariSet Decoration Pasqualino De SantisDirector Of Photography Elda MagnantiHair Department Head Enrico SabbatiniCostume Design Renata MagnantiHair Department Head Giuliano LaurentiMakeup Department Head Marion MertesScript Supervisor Vera PescaroloCo-Director Francesco AscioneFirst Assistant Director Fabrizio Sergenti CastellaniCo-Director Claudia FlorioFirst Assistant Director Angela BordiAssistant Editor Leda BelliniAssistant Editor Olga SarraAssistant Editor Aldo De MartinoBoom Operator Romano CheccacciSound Mixer Ennio MorriconeOriginal Music Composer Mario CotoneLine Producer Franco GiovaleProduction Manager Paolo PioggiaDelegated Producer Giuseppe MangognaProduction Manager Paolo De AndreisDelegated Producer Giovannella ZannoniCasting Alfredo BiniProduction Consultant Lucia PinnelliDelegated Producer Aldo U. PassalacquaLine Producer