Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam

101 mins | Adventure, Romance | Aug. 23, 1957

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.

Omar Khayyam

101 mins | Adventure, Romance | Aug. 23, 1957

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.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Paramount
Original title Omar Khayyam
Directors William Dieterle
Writers Barré Lyndon

Cast

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

Morris Ankrum

as Sharain's Father

Abraham Sofaer

as Tutush

Edward Platt

as Jayhan

James Griffith

as Buzorg

John Abbott

as Yusuf

Dick Elliott

as Tavern Keeper

Douglas Spencer

as Pigeon Keeper

Peter Adams

as Master Herald

Henry Brandon

as Commander

Kem Dibbs

as Tutush's Guard

Paul Picerni

as Commander

Robert Tafur

as Nobleman (uncredited)