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.
Top Billed Cast
Cornel Wilde
Omar Khayyam
Michael Rennie
Hasani Sabah
Debra Paget
Sharain
John Derek
Prince Malik
Raymond Massey
The Shah
Featured Crew
William Dieterle
Director
Barré Lyndon
Writer
Frank Freeman Jr.
Producer
Ralph Jester
Costume Design
Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Everett Douglas
Editor
Victor Young
Original Music Composer
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Grace Gregory
Set Decoration
Bert McKay
Casting
J. McMillan Johnson
Art Direction
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