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Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam

1957

5

Categories:

  • Adventure
  • Romance

Overview:

Omar Khayyam was one of the greatest Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Though his quatrains were written in the 11th century, they are still popular the world over. The details of his life are unknown, so this movie invents a biography for him and includes in it his real achievements - the invention of a new calendar and the penning of those epigrammatic poems. This film has him romancing a sultan's bride and foiling the assassin sect's plot to kill the sultan's son.

William Dieterle

Director

Frank Freeman Jr.

Producer

Barré Lyndon

Writer

Cast:

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  • Cornel Wilde

    Cornel Wilde

    Omar Khayyam
  • Michael Rennie

    Michael Rennie

    Hasani Sabah
  • Debra Paget

    Debra Paget

    Sharain
  • John Derek

    John Derek

    Prince Malik
  • Raymond Massey

    Raymond Massey

    The Shah
  • Yma Sumac

    Yma Sumac

    Karina