Omar Khayyam

    Omar Khayyam
    1957

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Cornel WildeOmar Khayyam
    • Michael RennieHasani Sabah
    • Debra PagetSharain
    • John DerekPrince Malik
    • Raymond MasseyThe Shah
    • Yma SumacKarina
    • Margaret HayesQueen Zarada
    • Joan TaylorYaffa
    • Perry LopezPrince Ahmud
    • Sebastian CabotNizam

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