Omar Khayyam (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.
Casting arrow_drop_down
Cornel Wilde
as Omar Khayyam
as Omar Khayyam
Michael Rennie
as Hasani Sabah
as Hasani Sabah
Debra Paget
as Sharain
as Sharain
John Derek
as Prince Malik
as Prince Malik
Raymond Massey
as The Shah
as The Shah
Yma Sumac
as Karina
as Karina
Margaret Hayes
as Queen Zarada
as Queen Zarada
Joan Taylor
as Yaffa
as Yaffa
Perry Lopez
as Prince Ahmud
as Prince Ahmud
Sebastian Cabot
as Nizam
as Nizam
Morris Ankrum
as Sharain's Father
as Sharain's Father
Abraham Sofaer
as Tutush
as Tutush
Edward Platt
as Jayhan
as Jayhan
James Griffith
as Buzorg
as Buzorg
John Abbott
as Yusuf
as Yusuf
Dick Elliott
as Tavern Keeper
as Tavern Keeper
Douglas Spencer
as Pigeon Keeper
as Pigeon Keeper
Peter Adams
as Master Herald
as Master Herald
Henry Brandon
as Commander
as Commander
Kem Dibbs
as Tutush's Guard
as Tutush's Guard
Paul Picerni
as Commander
as Commander
Robert Tafur
as Nobleman (uncredited)
as Nobleman (uncredited)
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William Dieterle
Director
Director
Barré Lyndon
Writer
Writer
Frank Freeman Jr.
Producer
Producer
Ralph Jester
Costume Design
Costume Design
Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Everett Douglas
Editor
Editor
Victor Young
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Art Direction
Grace Gregory
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Bert McKay
Casting
Casting
J. McMillan Johnson
Art Direction
Art Direction
