Omar Khayyam (1957)

Omar Khayyam (1957)

Riding high with spectacular action and excitement ! 1957-08-23 United States of America 101 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Cornel Wilde is Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam
Michael Rennie is Hasani Sabah
Hasani Sabah
Debra Paget is Sharain
John Derek is Prince Malik
Prince Malik
Raymond Massey is The Shah
Yma Sumac is Karina
Karina
Margaret Hayes is Queen Zarada
Queen Zarada
Perry Lopez is Prince Ahmud
Prince Ahmud
Morris Ankrum is Sharain's Father
Sharain's Father