
Omar Khayyam
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.
Release Date: 1957-08-23
Adventure
Romance
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Casts

Cornel Wilde
as Omar Khayyam

Michael Rennie
as Hasani Sabah

Debra Paget
as Sharain

John Derek
as Prince Malik

Raymond Massey
as The Shah

Yma Sumac
as Karina

Margaret Hayes
as Queen Zarada

Joan Taylor
as Yaffa

Perry Lopez
as Prince Ahmud

Sebastian Cabot
as Nizam