Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam (1957)

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Adventure Romance

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.

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  • Release Date: 1957-08-23
  • Runtime: 1h 41min
  • Director: William Dieterle

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Cast

  • Cornel Wilde

    Omar Khayyam

  • Michael Rennie

    Hasani Sabah

  • Debra Paget

    Sharain

  • John Derek

    Prince Malik

  • Raymond Massey

    The Shah

  • Yma Sumac

    Karina

  • Margaret Hayes

    Queen Zarada

  • Joan Taylor

    Yaffa

  • Perry Lopez

    Prince Ahmud

  • Sebastian Cabot

    Nizam

  • Morris Ankrum

    Sharain's Father

  • Abraham Sofaer

    Tutush

  • Edward Platt

    Jayhan

  • James Griffith

    Buzorg

  • John Abbott

    Yusuf

  • Dick Elliott

    Tavern Keeper

  • Douglas Spencer

    Pigeon Keeper

  • Peter Adams

    Master Herald

  • Henry Brandon

    Commander

  • Kem Dibbs

    Tutush's Guard

  • Paul Picerni

    Commander

  • Robert Tafur

    Nobleman (uncredited)

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