
Omar Khayyam
50.00%|August 23, 1957|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.
Featured Crew
William Dieterle
Director
Barré Lyndon
Writer
Frank Freeman Jr.
Producer
Cast

Cornel Wilde
Omar Khayyam

Michael Rennie
Hasani Sabah

Debra Paget
Sharain

John Derek
Prince Malik

Raymond Massey
The Shah