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Cast

Cornel Wilde

Cornel Wilde

Omar Khayyam

Michael Rennie

Michael Rennie

Hasani Sabah

Debra Paget

Debra Paget

Sharain

John Derek

John Derek

Prince Malik

Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey

The Shah

Yma Sumac

Yma Sumac

Karina

Margaret Hayes

Margaret Hayes

Queen Zarada

Joan Taylor

Joan Taylor

Yaffa

Perry Lopez

Perry Lopez

Prince Ahmud

Sebastian Cabot

Sebastian Cabot

Nizam

Morris Ankrum

Morris Ankrum

Sharain's Father

Abraham Sofaer

Abraham Sofaer

Tutush

Edward Platt

Edward Platt

Jayhan

James Griffith

James Griffith

Buzorg

John Abbott

John Abbott

Yusuf

Dick Elliott

Dick Elliott

Tavern Keeper

Douglas Spencer

Douglas Spencer

Pigeon Keeper

Peter Adams

Peter Adams

Master Herald

Henry Brandon

Henry Brandon

Commander

Kem Dibbs

Kem Dibbs

Tutush's Guard

Paul Picerni

Paul Picerni

Commander

Robert Tafur

Robert Tafur

Nobleman (uncredited)

Crew

William Dieterle

William Dieterle

Director

Barré Lyndon

Barré Lyndon

Writer

Frank Freeman Jr.

Frank Freeman Jr.

Producer

Ralph Jester

Ralph Jester

Costume Design

Ernest Laszlo

Ernest Laszlo

Director of Photography

Sam Comer

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

Everett Douglas

Everett Douglas

Editor

Victor Young

Victor Young

Original Music Composer

Hal Pereira

Hal Pereira

Art Direction

Grace Gregory

Grace Gregory

Set Decoration

Bert McKay

Bert McKay

Casting

J. McMillan Johnson

J. McMillan Johnson

Art Direction

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Omar Khayyam

19575.0 / 10101 min
Adventure, Romance

Overview

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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.