Omar Khayyam
- Released on
- Runtime
- 101 mins
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 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
- Michael Rennie
- Debra Paget
- John Derek
- Raymond Massey
- Yma Sumac
- Margaret Hayes
- Joan Taylor
- Perry Lopez
- Sebastian Cabot
- Morris Ankrum
- Abraham Sofaer
- Edward Platt
- James Griffith
- John Abbott
- Dick Elliott
- Douglas Spencer
- Peter Adams
- Henry Brandon
- Kem Dibbs
- Paul Picerni
- Robert Tafur
Director
- William Dieterle
Producers
- Frank Freeman Jr.
