Omar Khayyam
First aired on Aug 23, 1957
Runtime: 101 mins
60%
Genres: 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.
Featured Cast: click image to view more
Cornel Wilde | Omar Khayyam
Michael Rennie | Hasani Sabah
Debra Paget | Sharain
John Derek | Prince Malik
Raymond Massey | The Shah
Yma Sumac | Karina
Featured Crew
William Dieterle | Director
Barré Lyndon | Writer
Frank Freeman Jr. | Producer
Victor Young | Original Music Composer
Ernest Laszlo | Director of Photography
Everett Douglas | Editor
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