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Omar Khayyam
1957, Aug 23
1h 41m
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.
Directed by
William Dieterle
Written by
Barré Lyndon
Margaret Hayes
Queen Zarada
Douglas Spencer
Pigeon Keeper
Henry Brandon
Commander
Abraham Sofaer
Tutush
Morris Ankrum
Sharain's Father
Michael Rennie
Hasani Sabah
Raymond Massey
The Shah
Debra Paget
Sharain
John Derek
Prince Malik
John Abbott
Yusuf
Edward Platt
Jayhan
Paul Picerni
Commander
James Griffith
Buzorg
Perry Lopez
Prince Ahmud
Sebastian Cabot
Nizam
Cornel Wilde
Omar Khayyam
Joan Taylor
Yaffa
Dick Elliott
Tavern Keeper
Peter Adams
Master Herald
Yma Sumac
Karina
Kem Dibbs
Tutush's Guard
Robert Tafur
Nobleman (uncredited)
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