Omar Khayyam

5.7 1957 1h 41m United States of America

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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Riding high with spectacular action and excitement ! 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.

Details

Directors

William Dieterle

Writers

Barré Lyndon

Cast

Cornel Wilde, Michael Rennie, Debra Paget, John Derek, Raymond Massey, Yma Sumac, Margaret Hayes, Joan Taylor, Perry Lopez, Sebastian Cabot, Morris Ankrum, Abraham Sofaer, Edward Platt, James Griffith, John Abbott

Production

Paramount Pictures

Languages

English

Countries

United States of America