Omar Khayyam

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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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Adventure,

Romance

Duration:

101 minutes

Year:

1957

Director:

William Dieterle

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Company:

Paramount Pictures

Cast:
Cornel Wilde

Omar Khayyam

Michael Rennie

Hasani Sabah

Debra Paget

Sharain

John Derek

Prince Malik

Raymond Massey

The Shah

Crew:
William Dieterle

Director

Barré Lyndon

Writer

Frank Freeman Jr.

Producer

Everett Douglas

Editor

Sam Comer

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