Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam

50% | Aug 23, 1957 | 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

William Dieterle
Director
Barré Lyndon
Writer

Cast

Omar Khayyam
Cornel Wilde
Omar Khayyam
Hasani Sabah
Michael Rennie
Hasani Sabah
Sharain
Debra Paget
Sharain
Prince Malik
John Derek
Prince Malik
The Shah
Raymond Massey
The Shah

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