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.
Movie Info
Release Date: 8/23/1957
Runtime: 101 min
Director: William Dieterle
Top 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
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