Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam
Release: 1957-08-23
·Runtime: 101m
·★ 5.0
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Edward Platt
as Jayhan
Dick Elliott
as Tavern Keeper
Cornel Wilde
as Omar Khayyam
Debra Paget
as Sharain
John Derek
as Prince Malik
Raymond Massey
as The Shah
Yma Sumac
as Karina
Margaret Hayes
as Queen Zarada
James Griffith
as Buzorg
Peter Adams
as Master Herald
Perry Lopez
as Prince Ahmud
Morris Ankrum
as Sharain's Father
Paul Picerni
as Commander
Sebastian Cabot
as Nizam
John Abbott
as Yusuf
Douglas Spencer
as Pigeon Keeper
Henry Brandon
as Commander
Michael Rennie
as Hasani Sabah
Joan Taylor
as Yaffa
Abraham Sofaer
as Tutush
