Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam

🎞️ Movie 101 min US
โ˜… 5.9 /10 1957

Riding high with spectacular action and excitement !

Omar Khayyam was among the greatest of 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 losing the love of his life to his ruler, and foiling an assassin sect's plot to kill that ruler, the empire's shah.

Cast

Cornel Wilde
Cornel Wilde
Omar Khayyam
Michael Rennie
Michael Rennie
Hasani Sabah
Debra Paget
Debra Paget
Sharain
John Derek
John Derek
Young Prince Malik
Raymond Massey
Raymond Massey
The Shah
Yma Sumac
Yma Sumac
Karina
Margaret Hayes
Margaret Hayes
Queen Zarada
Joan Taylor
Joan Taylor
Yaffa
Sebastian Cabot
Sebastian Cabot
The Nizam
Perry Lopez
Perry Lopez
Prince Ahmud
Victor Young
Victor Young
Composer
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Ernest Laszlo
Cinematographer